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Paul and Mary Bradshaw, right, hold hands as they watch the casket of their son, Lt. Brian N. Bradshaw, as it is loaded into a waiting hearse by pall-bearers after a memorial service at St. John's Bosco Church in Lakewood, Wash., on Monday, July 6, 2009. Bradshaw, from Steilacoom, Wash., was killed by a IED in Afghanistan on June 25th 2009. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfler)

The last, full measure

Paul and Mary Bradshaw (right), hold hands as they watch the casket of their son, Lt. Brian N. Bradshaw, as it is loaded into a waiting hearse by pall-bearers after a memorial service at St. John’s Bosco Church in Lakewood, Wash., on Monday. Bradshaw, from Steilacoom, Wash., was killed in action by an IED in Afghanistan June 25.