text: Hearts are heavy in Northeast Ohio as we grieve a fallen soldier.   Army Specialist Angel Lopez was a mechanic in Afghanistan who lost his life due to injuries sustained from an attack on his unit.   AngelÛªs family said he was a good person who loved his family. He graduated from John Marshall High School and leaves behind a wife and two young kids.   The government shutdown impeded AngelÛªs wife ability to receive his last paycheck. But fortunately, the House and Senate recently passed H.J.Res. 91, a funding bill to allow the Pentagon to pay military death benefits despite the government shutdown.  Now AngelÛªs family no longer has to worry about costs such as his burial expense.  At least 2,146 members of the U.S. military, 132 this year alone, have died due to the Afghanistan conflict. This 12-year-old war has resulted in far too many casualties and I look forward to the day when all of our troops can be safely brought home.    My thoughts and prayers are with the Lopez family.