President Ronald Reagan once said about remembering fallen veterans, "the dead had spoken more eloquently for themselves, than the living ever could."
America's most recent wars — Iraq and Afghanistan — started more than a decade ago. Iraq may have ended, but Afghanistan still rages on today.
“More than 60,000 of our fellow Americans still serve far from home in Afghanistan — they’re still going out on patrol, still living in spartan forward operating bases, still risking their lives to carry out their mission,” President Barack Obama said today.
There have been 4,486 killed in action in Iraq and 2,134 killed in action in Afghanistan.
Here, Business Insider remembers a few of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
The Marines of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment left 33 souls in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004.
Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler was killed in action May 4, 2006.
Cpl. Michael Wiles, of Willingboro, N.J., presents a flag to Famata Kar, mother of fellow U.S. Marine and best friend, Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, at a memorial service in Flehla, Liberia, May 17, 2012.
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