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KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) - Harry Chaires said he awoke with a start before dawn on Oct. 25 at his north Florida farm. Seven time zones away in Iraq, his 20-year-old son had just died from combat wounds in Al Anbar province.
The Marine Corps on Thursday honored Lance Cpl. Daniel B. Chaires and 22 others in the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, based in Hawaii. Chaires died during the unit's most recent seven-month-long deployment to Iraq.
"I came out of a sound sleep," Chaires recalled. "You hear these stories all the time, but we as parents feel, have a sense, that something's wrong."
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