Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez of Elgin on April 14, 2012. It was one of 32 funerals and visitations for fallen military members that Joyce Carrasco of elgin and other members of the Greater Chicago Blue Star Mothers h
Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez of Elgin on April 14, 2012. It was one of 32 funerals and visitations for fallen military members that Joyce Carrasco of elgin and other members of the Greater Chicago Blue Star Mothers h
A Marine honor guard fires a volley during a gun salute outside the funeral of USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez at Life Changers International Church in Hoffman Estates on Saturday, April 14, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Marines offer a final salute outside the funeral of USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez on Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Hoffman Estates. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Citizens gather along Douglas Avenue in Elgin Friday during a procession in honor of USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez of Elgin, who was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan last week. April 13, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
A funeral procession, honoring the fallen marine USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez of Elgin, heads down Douglas Avenue in Elgin on Friday. April 13, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Governor Pat Quinn greets members of the Patriot Guard standing sentry outside the funeral of USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Life Changers International Church in Hoffman Estates. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
The body of USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez arrives at Life Changers International Church in Hoffman Estates on Saturday, April 14, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
An Elgin police officer stands sentry near a hearse that will carry the body of USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez from his funeral on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Life Changers International Church in Hoffman Estates. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Pallbearers bring the casket of USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez past a saluting Patriot Guard following his funeral on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Life Changers International Church in Hoffman Estates. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
A hearse carrying the body of USMC Cpl. Alex Martinez arrives at Life Changers International Church in Hoffman Estates on Saturday, April 14, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Life Changers International Church in Hoffman Estates is the church Julianna Martinez, now 22, has attended since she was 12 or 13 years old, according to Pastor Gregory Dickow. It is the church to which she “dragged” her husband, Cpl. Alex Martinez, and the church …