U.S. Army Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator Michelle Rutherford and Darin Funk, the incoming executive director of American Gold Star Families, Inc., affix ornaments to the tree.
251117-A-OH563-4829.JPG Photo By: Lt. Col. Bradford Leighton

Bloomington, Ill. - U.S. Army Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator Michelle Rutherford and Darin Funk, the incoming executive director of American Gold Star Families, Inc., affix ornaments to the tree during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony on Monday, Nov. 17, at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington, Ill. Funk's cousin, U.S. Marine Cpl. Benjamin Desilets was killed in action on May 22, 2007 while serving in Zanti, Iraq.


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