GRAFTON, W.Va. ( WVVA /Gray News) - A West Virginia Army National Guard member was laid to rest this week after losing her life last month in a Washington, D.C., shooting

U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was laid to rest with full military honors on Tuesday at the West Virginia National Cemetery.

Beckstrom died Nov. 27 after being fatally wounded the previous day in a shooting attack that also injured Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, near the Farragut Square Metro Station in Washington.

Family members, friends, National Guard colleagues and elected officials attended the interment to honor her service and sacrifice.

111th Engineer Brigade Chaplain Maj. Christopher Bennett presided over the ceremony. He reflected on the meaning of the cemetery, saying that plots there are earned and that Becks

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