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R.I. soldier who died saving Afghan boy laid to rest

By Erika Niedowski

 |  Associated Press  

  April 03, 2012

A Rhode Island National Guard sergeant who was killed in Afghanistan while saving an Afghan boy was remembered Monday for having the “courage of a warrior’’ and the “heart of a father.’’ At a memorial service at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, fellow soldiers and friends recalled Sergeant Dennis Weichel Jr.’s goofy smile, his obsession with Superman and a selflessness that left no one who knew him surprised to hear how he died.

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