Friday, May 31, 2013

Soldier Killed Days Before Daughter’s Birth Honored

Local Soldier Killed Days Before Daughter’s Birth Honored
KTLA News
by Anthony Kurzweil
May 29, 2013

SOUTH PASADENA, Calif. (KTLA) – More than 1,000 people gathered in South Pasadena Wednesday to honor a fallen soldier who never had the chance to hold his newborn daughter.

Spc. William J. Gilbert, 24, was killed on his first tour of duty in Afghanistan May 14, just a week before his baby girl, Michaela, was born.

“There are tears for Michaela when we think to the future,” Monsignor Clement Connolly said during Gilbert’s funeral.
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