Jose Duenez III and his mother, Karen Diaz Duenez, hold a Joliet street sign on July 11, 2025 honoring his father, a U.S. Army soldier who died in a training mission in Lithuania in March. (Bob Okon)
Bob Okon covers local government for The Herald-News
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