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BONITA — Although the COVID-19 pandemic made for a far smaller gathering than usual, Julia Robles was thankful she was able to honor her late nephew, Army Staff Sgt. Alfredo B. Silva, with a fresh balsam wreath on his grave and a solemn ceremony to honor other fallen veterans Saturday morning. “Alfredo died in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2005. He was killed by an IED,” Robles said on the lawn of Glen Abbey Memorial Park and Mortuary in Bonita. “He was from Chula Vista and went to Hilltop High, and he is buried here. He was my sister’s son. He was going to be 35 and was married with a daug...