Final respects paid to fallen soldier

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SOMBER GOODBYE-- A funeral procession accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Anthony Charles Melia, 20, to a Westlake Village church on Monday. Below, Melia's parents, Mike and Vicki, console each other during the service. The Marine, who was a graduate of Thousand Oaks High School, was killed by a bullet while searching for insurgents in Al Anbar province in Iraq on Jan. 27. See story on page 8A.

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