Immigrant Soldier Killed In Iraq Is Laid To Rest In Clearwater - Spc. Arturo Huerta-Cruz (not a U.S. citizen, but a permanent resident alien) - Florida

Under a cloudless sky, with towering oak trees overhead rustling slightly with the last cool breezes of spring, Spc. Arturo Huerta-Cruz was given a military graveside service Tuesday before his coffin was lowered into the ground.

About 100 people came to the ceremony at Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Most were Mexicans who, like the 23-year-old soldier, had emigrated from the Mexican state of Hidalgo to Clearwater, said Robin Gomez, Clearwater’s Hispanic-Latino liaison.”*

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