Gurnee's Kirk Morris is remembering his son, Marine Corps Private First Class Geoffrey Morris, who was killed in combat at 19 years old.
The Field of the Fallen in Cary, Illinois honored service members killed in line of duty on Memorial Day 2023.They are sons and daughters who made the ultimate sacrifices. On this Memorial Day, we remember one life in particular, gone far too soon.
"There's kids that are 18 years old in this field when you walk through here," said Aaron Stain with the Veterans Network Committee of Northern Illinois. "Our motto and the reason we do this is a soldier dies twice: once when they're killed in action, and once when they are forgotten. Our mission is to make sure they are not forgotten."
Stain is the group's president, and said the flags honor lives lost starting in the Gulf Conflict through the present. Geoffrey was deployed to Iraq, and was a Humvee gunner. He was killed in combat at 19 years old on April 4, 2004.
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