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NC National Guard solider funeral Saturday

The last of three North Carolina National Guard solider killed earlier this month in Afghanistan will be laid to rest on Saturday.

Staff Sergeant Donna Johnson, along with sergeant Thomas Butler IV and Sergeant Jeremy Hardison lost their lives after a suicide bombing on October 1.

Sgt. Hardison was buried on Thursday.

Sgt. Butler, a Leland, North Carolina native, was buried yesterday at Wilmington National Cemetery.