CHICOPEE, Mass. — A Green Beret from Massachusetts killed during combat operations in Afghanistan has returned home.
MassLive reports the body of Master Sgt. Luis Deleon-Figueroa arrived by private jet in Massachusetts Monday and was met by a contingent of military personnel, family, police and public officials, including Gov. Charlie Baker and Chicopee Mayor Richard Kos.
The 31-year-old native of Puerto Rico and Chicopee resident was one of two Green Berets killed Aug. 21 as a result of small arms fire in Faryab Province.
The procession began outside Westover Metropolitan Airport. Deleon-Figueroa was taken along a flag-adorned route through Chicopee, Springfield and West Springfield.
People who gathered along the route held flags and saluted.
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The funeral will be Tuesday in Agawam. Burial with full military honors will follow at the veterans' cemetery in Agawam.
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