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September 13, 2006

Wake this afternoon for Seekonk Marine killed in Iraq

Family and friends will gather this afternoon for the wake for Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Valdepeñas of Seekonk, Mass., who was killed on patrol in Iraq on Sept. 4 when a roadside bomb exploded.

The wake is from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Perry-McStay Funeral Home in East Providence. The funeral for Valdepeñas is tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul in Providence.

Burial for Valdepeñas, who was a 2003 graduate of Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, will be private, according to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, which has helped the Valdepeñas family communicate with the media since the death of their son and brother. He was the youngest of eight children.

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 12:28 PM | Permalink

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