Families cope with ultimate loss by staying busy and keeping their loved one's memory alive
Published
05/25/08
Every Sunday since the fall of 2006, Gina Barnhurst drives from Severna Park to Arlington to find some peace.
TOP: Gary and Kelly Swanson sit on a memorial bench Friday at Holland Point. The bench honors their son, Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Swanson, 25, who was killed in Iraq on July 22, 2006.
BOTTOM: Since Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eric W. Herzberg of Severna Park was killed in Iraq in October 2006, his Marine “brothers” who fought by his side join his family to honor him for Memorial Day. From left are: Marine Bryan Casey, Gina Barnhurst (Eric's mother), dog Murphy, sister Katie, brother Matt Herzberg, and Marine Anthony Prete. Both Marines just got back from their third tour in Iraq last weekend.
• View slide show Among thousands of marble sentinels lining the rolling hills at Arlington National Cemetery she spends hours with her son, Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Herzberg, who was killed in Iraq in October 2006.
She sits next to his marker in Section 60, where hundreds of new white...
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