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Gomez, who had been living with quadriplegia since his wartime injury, was buried Tuesday at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He becomes one of more than 4,400 U.S. military members who have died from injuries suffered during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/08\/18\/cost-of-caring-for-iraq-afghanistan-vets-could-top-25-trillion-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iraq war<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-joel-gomez-veteran-funeral-iraq-war-20221129-eifk3fvbzjdfbl5t3zuq2tp67y-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Tribune<\/a>&nbsp;reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gomez\u2019s spine was broken in two places in 2004 when the armored vehicle he was riding in plunged into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/articles\/battling-isis-iraq-troops-reach-bank-of-tigris-river-in-mosul\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tigris River<\/a> during a combat mission to capture enemy soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a Monday prayer service, friends and family described Gomez as a man who, despite his injuries, never lost his sense of humor nor his passion for learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI learned a lot from Joey, but the thing I learned most was how great the human spirit was,\u201d said his friend, Terry Masterson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gomez spent his last conscious days asking for his longtime caretaker, Elva Cuahquentzi, and dreaming about returning to the accessible home built for him by the Wheaton community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuahquentzi had returned home to Mexico to deal with an immigration issue and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-immigration-veteran-iraq-war-joel-gomez-20221119-ae7zlxbnsvg3tgryrwwmgkxhgu-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">had not yet been permitted to return to the U.S.<\/a> Her departure forced Gomez to move into a nursing home last month, where he developed pneumonia within a few weeks of arriving at the facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Army Sgt. 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