Lance Cpl. Devon P. Seymour

Devon Seymour was responsible and determined, even when he was a child. "He wanted a dog, so what he did was, he cut pictures out of magazines," said his father, James. "Every time you opened a door, there would be a dog." The family adopted a poodle-terrier mix, and later a German shepherd. Seymour, 21, of St. Louisville, Ohio, was killed June 9 in an explosion in Haqlaniyah. The reservist was based in Akron, Ohio. As a boy, Seymour liked to wear khaki and camouflage and had an avid interest in airplanes. He decided to join the Marine Reserves during his senior year of high school, after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. "He took his birth certificate in and he was too young," James Seymour said. He enlisted after he turned 18 and briefly attended Ohio State University and worked as a truck driver. He died a year after his father, an Ohio National Guardsman, returned from duty in Afghanistan. Devon's mother, Janet Seymour, said her son "was one of the good and decent people willing to help somebody. He was worth knowing."