What did California lose in the war on terror? More than any other state in the U.S.
LA TimesLeroy Harris Kelly III enlisted in the U.S. Army at age 17. He turned a day into a good day.” Dowdle has another wish, “that his mother really knew what people did for him that day.” :: Casey Sheehan’s death certificate reads: “KIA. Suddenly, she was simply the oldest, Cindy wrote in her 2005 memoir, “Peace Mom: A Mother’s Journey through Heartache to Activism.” Andy went from being the youngest son to being the Sheehan family’s only son. Vanessa Jimenez, who was 15 when her father died, described how Marines in dark uniforms arrived to deliver the news April 11, 2004, in a poem she wrote not long afterward: I asked why they were here and Mommy said, “God has taken Daddy away” Our big family misses you very much, especially Mommy But don’t worry, I will do my best to take care of her just like you said on the phone. “She was grieving, and I’m sure she is still grieving,” Sonia said in a recent interview in San Diego, where she lives with her mother, Maria Noriega.