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Sep 1, 2009 8:07 am US/Central

Minn. Soldier Buried In North Little Rock

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ― A Minnesota soldier with Arkansas ties has been laid to rest in North Little Rock's Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery.

A small ceremony was held Monday for 20-year-old Pfc. Jonathan Yanney, who died Aug. 18 in Afghanistan after his team was hit with an improvised explosive device.

Yanney's hometown is listed on military records as Litchfield, Minn., the same town where he enlisted in the U.S. Army in March 2008. He attended Norwood High School in Missouri and was buried in Arkansas at the request of his family.

His father, Russell Yanney, lives in Grapevine.

Yanney was a member of the 1st Battalion, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division based in Fort Lewis, Wash.

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