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North Aurora soldier remembered during procession

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Students from West Aurora High School pay their respects to Spc. Christopher A. Patterson of North Aurora as the hearse carrying his body drives past the school Friday morning. Patterson, who graduated in 2009 from West High, was killed Jan. 6 in Afghanistan.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

The hearse carrying the body of Spc. Christopher A. Patterson drives past West Aurora High School Friday morning.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Marine Cpl. Santos Castellano, a friend of Spc. Christopher A. Patterson, waits for his procession to pass West Aurora High School Friday morning.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

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Thousands of students, staff members from two schools, and local residents paid their respects Friday morning as the hearse carrying the body of Spc. Christopher A. Patterson was driven past West Aurora High School and Jefferson Middle School. Patterson, a 2009 graduate of West Aurora — where his mother, Mary, works — was killed Jan. 6 in an explosion in the Kandahar Province in Afghanistan.

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