Juan Guillermo Velez thought his sleepless nights were over when his daughter returned from her job disarming bombs in Iraq. Then he got the call that she was among 13 people killed at Fort Hood. Another area soldier, Pfc....
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On Thursday, Pvt. Velez, 21, was one of 13 people killed and 30 wounded during an Army psychiatrist's rampage at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. She was due back from Iraq on Dec. 10, but came home early after she found...
Saturday, November 07, 2009 Fort Hood victim Amy Krueger had joined the Army to take on Usama bin Laden, her family said. Fort Hood victim Amy Krueger had joined the Army to take on Usama bin Laden, her family said. FORT HOOD,...
clipped by: clip-on-tie clipper's remarks: Army strong. The 2006 Kelvyn Park High School graduate served in Korea and most recently in Iraq, where she drove fuel tankers. She made her father proud. "She was the best I have. The...
He was screaming “Allahu Akbar” as he shot her dead. She had just finished a tour in Iraq. Francheska Velez, 21, of Humboldt Park was three months pregnant when she was killed in the Fort Hood shootings, relatives said. (Sun...
The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the...
The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join...
The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the...
Fort Hood Victims Names Include Abundant Woman Francheska Velez The tragedy at Fort Hood became even added of a absoluteness if the names of those fatally attempt by an Army analyst advance throughout the media. The account...
A woman who joined the Army right after the 9/11 attacks because she wanted to take on Osama bin Laden and another soldier who was three months pregnant were among the 13 massacre victims of the Fort Hood gunman. Amy Krueger,...
BY MARK J. KONKOL AND STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporters Growing up, Pvt. Francheska Velez was a 'fraidy cat -- horror movies and bugs gave her the willies. "When she joined the Army that all changed . . . in a good way," Pvt....