Soldier Profile: Brian Slavenas
1st Lt. Brian Slavenas died in Sunday's helicopter attack in Iraq. The 30-year-old Army National Guardsman was from a small town in Illinois and recently graduated from the University of Illinois. Susan Stephens of member station WNIJ has a profile.
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