CHICAGO (AP) — Military, public safety and community leaders gathered at a downtown Chicago monument for Memorial Day commemorations, to pay tribute to a soldier from central Illinois killed in Afghanistan in April.
The sponsors of the event, the Chicago Cultural Mile Association, say the wreath-laying and rededication ceremony, at the General John A. Logan Monument in Grant Park, is a tribute to Army Ranger Sgt. Joshua P. Rogers, of Bloomington. The Department of Defense has said the 22-year-old was killed during a raid on an Islamic State militant compound in eastern Afghanistan.
Among those taking part in the commemorations were Chicago police and the ROTC from Senn High School.
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