Family, friends mourn fallen soldier

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Eyes moist with tears, the family of Pvt. Eric M. Kavanagh watched as pallbearers carefully loaded his flag-draped coffin into the back of a black hearse.

They dabbed their eyes as they climbed into a limousine bound for Arlington National Ceremony, where the 20-year-old soldier would be buried.

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