Fallen Marine Comes Home

Nick Daniels, a United States Marine from Elmwood Park, was killed Nov. 5 while on duty in Afghanistan

As American honored its veterans on Friday, there was a somber ceremony for an Elmwood Park Marine who made the ultimate sacrifice.

The body of Lance Cpl. Nick Daniels, 25, came home to O'Hare International Airport.

Daniels, a graduate of Saint Park High School in Chicago, was killed Nov. 5 while on duty in Afghanistan after serving just two months.

Daniels is survived by his parents, two brothers, a sister and a girlfriend he told his mother he planned to marry.

Funeral arrangements are pending.
 

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