Photos: Soldier killed in Afghanistan laid to rest

Parents of soldier
Jim and Valerie Kennedy, center, are escorted as they arrive for the burial service at Fort Snelling National Cemetery for their son, Army Spc. Joseph Kennedy Thursday, April 28, 2011 in Minneapolis. Kennedy, from Inver Grove Heights, Minn., was killed while serving in Afghanistan.
Jim Mone/AP

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