Katie Stack, (center) widow of Lance Corporal James Bray Stack along with friends Rachel Freeman, 16, of Arlington Heights and Katie Strack, 17, of Arlington Heights gather at his grave at Arlington Heights Memory Gardens to write messages on balloons which they released in his memory.
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Rachel Freeman, 16, of Arlington Heights shares her thoughts with Lance Corporal James Bray Stack as she wrote them on a balloon who along with friends and family gather at his grave in Arlington Heights Memory Gardens.
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Robert and Linda Stack speak in their Arlington Heights home about care packages they are preparing for troops in Afghanistan. The Stacks lost their son, Marine Lance Cpl. James Stack, in the war in Afghanistan on Nov. 10, 2010.
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Mikayla Stack sits next to a memorial box madeto honor her father, Marine Lance Cpl. James B. Stack, who died a year ago in Afghanistans Helmand Province.
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Katie Stack and her daughter, Mikayla, sit on a bench that Katie had made in honor of her late husband, Lance Cpl. James B. Stack, who died a year ago in Afghanistans Helmand Province. Katie hurt her ankle stepping off a curb.
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A montage of images sets in the home of Robert and Linda Stack of Arlington Heights. The Stacks lost their son, Lance Cpl. James Stack, in the war in Afghanistan on Nov. 10, 2010.
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Robert and Linda Stack of Arlington Heights recently received a pencil portrait of their son from Mike Reagan, a Vietnam veteran who draws these pictures for families of lost servicemen. They show a picture display about James life and the care packages they are assembling for Marines in Afghanistan.
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Robert and Linda Stack of Arlington Heights lost their son, Lance Cpl. James Stack, in the war in Afghanistan on Nov. 10, 2010. Linda listens to Robert speak about James.
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Robert and Linda Stack of Arlington Heights lost their son, Marine Lance Cpl. James Stack, in the war in Afghanistan on Nov. 10, 2010. Here they recall letters received from James before they learned he had been killed.
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Plenty of beef jerky has been supplied in care packages that Linda Stack is preparing for troops in Afghanistan. Robert and Linda Stack of Arlington Heights lost their son, Lance Cpl James Stack, in the war in Afghanistan on Nov. 10, 2010. James was known to request Send me some beef jerky, and Im good, says dad Robert of care packages provided for their son.
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Robert and Linda Stack of Arlington Heights share a fun story about the life of their son, Lance Cpl James Stack, killed in the war in Afghanistan on Nov. 10, 2010.
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The anniversary of the death of Marine Lance Cpl. James B. Stack, who died a year ago in Afghanistans Helmand Province, is hard for his widow, Katie Stack.
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Katie Stack sits on a bench at her home in Palatine that she had made in honor of her husband, Marine Lance Cpl. James B. Stack, who died a year ago in Afghanistans Helmand Province.
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Katie Stack gets a kiss from her daughter, Mikayla, at their home in Palatine.
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Mikayla Stack sits next to a memorial box madeto honor her father, Marine Lance Cpl. James B. Stack, who died a year ago in Afghanistans Helmand Province.
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Mikayla Stack sits next to a memorial box made to honor her father, Marine Lance Cpl. James B. Stack, who died a year ago in Afghanistans Helmand Province.
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Katie Stack, widow of Lance Corporal James Bray Stack along with friends and family gather at his grave in Arlington Heights Memory Gardens to write messages on balloons which they released in his memory.
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Katie Stack, widow of Lance Corporal James Bray Stack along with friends and family gather at his grave in Arlington Heightss Memory Gardens to write messages on balloons which they released in his memory.
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Katie Stack, widow of Lance Corporal James Bray Stack holds balloons with a personal message she wrote for her late husband along with friends and family who gather at his grave in Arlington Heights Memory Gardens.
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Friends and family of fallen Marine Lance Corporal James Bray Stack along with his widow, Katie Stack watch as balloons with messages are released in James Stacks memory at his grave at Arlington Heights Memory Gardens.
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Sgt. Robert Glynn of Cary writes a message on a balloon along with his fellow Marines at the grave site of Lance Corporal James Bray Stack.
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