U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, who died from injuries she sustained in a shooting while on duty with the West Virginia National Guard in Washington, D.C., last month, was laid to rest with full military honors during a ceremony and interment Tuesday at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton, Taylor County. News

Webster County mourns death of WV National Guard member

By Rachel Isabell risabell@hdmediallc.com

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Beckstrom, 20, served as a military police officer with the 863rd Military Police Company.

"As you look across these hills and out onto the rows of headstones, each stone a brick to the foundation of freedom upon which we stand today, I encourage you to remember this," said 111th Engineer Brigade Chaplain (Maj.) Christopher Bennett, as he presided over th

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