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Memorial service held for soldier Vanessa Guillen in Houston

By Houston Chronicle via Associated Press

Aug. 14, 2020

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Lupe Guillen, the youngest sister of U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, rides on a horse drawn carriage as they made a final lap around the Cesar Chavez High School on Friday in Houston. Guillen, who was last seen on April 22, was memorialized nearly four months after she is said to have been killed by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas. Mourners gathered at the high school where Guillen grew up playing soccer and dreamed of joining the military.
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Gloria Guillen, accompanied by her children, arrives at Cesar Chavez High School to attend a public memorial service for her daughter Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen on Friday.
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Lupe Guillen, the youngest sister of U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, rides on a horse drawn carriage as they made a final lap around the Cesar Chavez High School track.
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Gloria Guillen, accompanied by family, arrives at Cesar Chavez High School to attend a public memorial service for her daughter Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen on Friday.
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The casket of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen is removed from a carriage to take it to a memorial service in honor of the soldier at Cesar Chavez High School.
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A horse drawn carriage with the remains of U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen exits after making a final lap around the Cesar Chavez High School track Friday.
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Gloria Guillen, accompanied by her children, arrives at Cesar Chavez High School to attend a public memorial service for her daughter Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen on Friday.
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Houston Police Department officers are reflected saluting the casket of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen during a procession to Cesar Chavez High School on Friday.
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Rosa Samaniego holds a sign demanding justice for Spc. Vanessa Guillen at a memorial service in honor of the soldier on Friday.
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The casket of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen is viewed at a public memorial service on Friday.
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The casket of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen is taken around the running track of Cesar Chavez High School one last time during a procession on Friday.
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A young woman becomes emotional seeing the casket of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen arrive at Cesar Chavez High School for a public memorial in her honor on Friday.
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The casket of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen arrives to Cesar Chavez High School In Houston where she was a student before joining the U.S Army.
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