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Ann Vanek, left, sister of U.S. Army Sgt. Joe Vanek, and a family friend reflect beneath a plaque in Sgt. Vanek's honor in the Joseph M. Vanek Ceremony Room at the Chicago Military Entrance Processing Station, April 20, 2009. Vanek, an infantry squad leader, was killed in Iraq in 2007, and the room where recruits swear their oath of allegiance was renamed in his honor. His unit was the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment.

HONORING SGT. VANEK

Ann Vanek, left, sister of U.S. Army Sgt. Joe Vanek, and a family friend reflect beneath a plaque in Sgt. Vanek's honor in the Joseph M. Vanek Ceremony Room at the Chicago Military Entrance Processing Station, April 20, 2009. Vanek, an infantry squad leader, was killed in Iraq in 2007, and the room where recruits swear their oath of allegiance was renamed in his honor. His unit was the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment.

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