Fort Hood victim Maj. Caraveo buried at Arlington

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ARLINGTON—Under misty skies that shrouded the view of the Washington Monument, the Army buried one of its own Wednesday morning at Arlington National Cemetery.

Major L. Eduardo Caraveo, 52, of Woodbridge was laid to rest with full military honors, his family at his graveside.

The Army psychologist was one of 13 killed in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, earlier this month.

Caraveo and Army Lt. Col. Juanita Warman were both buried at Arlington this week, said cemetery spokeswoman Kaitlin Horst.

A spokesman for Caraveo's family said that his burial was a private matter, and that members of the family did not wish to speak to the press.

Caraveo's widow, Angela Rivera, and his five sons and stepdaughters were at the ceremony for Caraveo, who counseled troops returning from and headed for war.

Though the clouds that prevailed most of the morning still hung over the cemetery, the light mist that fell subsided as soon as mourners arrived.

At 11:15 a.m., the Army band known as "Pershing's Own" began playing over a hillside near the gravesite. Behind them, a caisson pulled by six white horses carried Caraveo's casket to the grave, where about 50 people were waiting to pay their respects.

Seated near the grave was Caraveo's immediate family, and nearby were five soldiers holding U.S. flags to be presented to the family members.

Rivera received the flag that had been draped over Caraveo's casket.

Following last rites, soldiers fired three rifle volleys as is customary at military funerals. A bugler then played taps, accompanied by a brief moan of sorrow and many tears by family members.

The full Army band then played two renditions of "America the Beautiful" as the funeral detail folded the flag draped over the casket into a triangle, and then presented it to the family.

In the distance, at another graveside, soldiers fired three more volleys. Two children clinging to their mother asked, "Was that the lightning, mommy?"

Fifteen minutes after the ceremony began, the Army reservist was officially laid to rest.

Caraveo was a Medical Service Corps officer in the Army Reserves at Fort Belvoir. He led seminars on marriage counseling, anger management, positive thinking and diversity training.

His son told an Arizona newspaper that his father came to the U.S. from Mexico as a teenager.

His alleged shooter, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, had been set to deploy to Iraq. He was shot during the rampage but survived.

Staff writer Uriah A. Kiser can be reached at 703-878-8065.