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2 NC soldiers killed in action to be remembered

NORTH CAROLINA — A North Carolina soldier killed in action will be buried in Salisbury Thursday.

Sgt. Jeremy Hardison, 23, was killed by a suicide bomber last week. 

Hardison's family will hold a private funeral in Greensboro.

The body of another North Carolina soldier killed in Afghanistan last week is back in Wilmington.

A funeral is planned for Friday for Sgt. T.J. Butler.

Butler's casket arrived at the airport in Wilmington Wednesday morning.