Funeral Ceremonies for Fort Hood Victims Begin on Saturday

The New York Daily News is reporting that six funeral ceremonies are scheduled to occur today for victims whose lives were tragically taken in the infamous Fort Hood shooting rampage. The six members of the military whose lives will be commemorated include 32-year-old Staff Sgt. Justin DeCrow from Indiana, 56-year-old Capt. John Gaffaney from California, 22-year-old Spc. Jason Dean Hunt from Oklahoma, 29-year-old Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger from Wisconsin, 19-year-old Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka from Utah and 22-year-old Pfc. Michael Pearson from Illinois.

MSNBC.com is reporting that the 22-year-old Hunt had recently been married and pictures from his wedding were displayed near his casket during his funeral. The 29-year-old Krueger was described by relatives as an energetic and ambitious woman whose positive attitude was infectious to everyone around her. Krueger's mother reminisced about a conversation she had with her daughter before she joined the U.S. Army Reserves when she mentioned that she wanted to hunt down Osama Bin Laden and take him down herself.

The alleged Fort Hood gunman who is accused of shooting and killing 13 victims during his rampage at the Fort Hood military base, former Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan, has formally been charged with 13 separate counts of premeditated murder and medical personnel have informed him that he may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down.