Family and service members gathered on Friday in Mission to celebrate the life of Navy Sailor Angelina Resendiz.

She died earlier this year in Virginia, and a fellow sailor has been charged in her death.

"It's like a completion of her service, and honoring her, and all she's done, and it being significant because it was significant to her service," Resendiz's mom, Esmeralda Castle, said.

Family, friends, service members and veterans all gathered at the State Veterans Cemetery in Mission to honor the life of Resendiz. Friday would've been her 22nd birthday.

"I think about, like, what are we going to do for her birthday because it gets hard, so you know what, let's put her ashes at the cemetery and get her a headstone," Castle said.

Through hugs, tears, and laughs, friends and family ar

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