Soldiers killed at Ft. Hood mourned across U.S.

Sam Mata / KETK News

November 16, 2009 - 7:33am

Victims of the deadly mass shooting at Ft. Hood were laid to rest over the weekend.

Funeral services were held in California Saturday for 56-year-old Captain John Gaffaney.

The psychiatric nurse was one of the 13 soldiers killed when army Major Nidal Hasan opened fire at a Ft. Hood processing center November 5.

After serving in both the Navy and the California National Guard Gaffaney rejoined the military in 2001 after the September 11 terror attacks.

The funeral service for Private First Class Aaron Thomas Nemelka was also held Saturday in West Jordan, Utah.

Snow fell as Nemelka’s flag-drapped coffin was placed inside a hearse.

The 19-year-old soldier joined the Army about a year ago and was planning on deploying to Iraq in January.

In Joliet, Illinois, there was a final farewell for private first class Michael Pearson.

People lined streets as the patriot guard riders rode in the procession.

Pearson joined the Army more than a year ago and was training to deactivate bombs.

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THEY SHOULD BRING THAT MUSLIM EXTREMEIST TO A GET TOGETHER AND LET EACH FAMILY MEMBER OF THOSE KILLED HIT HIM WITH A BALL BAT...OF COURSE I GUESS FOR ALL THE POLITICALLY CORRECT NUTS OUT THERE,WE SHOULD DO IT THE OBAMA WAY AND BUY HIM A HAPPY MEAL WITH EXTRA FRIES AND BOW TO HIM AND ASK HIM NOT TO DO THAT ANYMORE.....ON A LIGHTER NOTE, THANKS TO ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE DAY TO DAY BEHIND THE SCENES AND ON THE FRONTLINES SO WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF FREEDOM....OBAMA IS SCREWING THAT UP TOO,BUT I'M GLAD OUR SERVICE PEOPLE CAN OVERLOOK HIM AND DO A GREAT JOB IN SPITE OF OUR MUSLIM-LED GOVERNMENT

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4 months ago

Think u for that u have done for so we can sleep at night and we send our love to all the soilders out that saving or country and we keep yall in are prayer's. Each and everyone of yall so think yall so much in keeping safe. Thanks shelia and debra buckaloo