Remains of Jimenez, Fouty buried together

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Remains of Jimenez, Fouty buried together
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Feb 17, 2009 17:25:13 EST

ARLINGTON, Va. — The remains of two soldiers from Massachusetts and Michigan who were killed in Iraq were buried Tuesday in a single casket at Arlington National Cemetery.

Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez of Lawrence, Mass., and Spc. Byron Fouty of Waterford, Mich., were kidnapped by insurgents in May 2007. After their remains were recovered last July, Jimenez was buried in Long island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, N.Y., while Fouty was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Texas.

Because some of their remains could not be identified as belonging to one or the other, the Army buried them together Tuesday with full military honors in a grave that will be marked by one stone.

The soldiers were members of the Fort Drum, N.Y.-based 10th Mountain Division.

Meanwhile, two Massachusetts communities will bury native sons, one of whom was killed in Afghanistan and one who was killed in Iraq.


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