One of those fallen heroes is a Marine Corporal named Jeff Starr, who was killed fighting the terrorists in Ramadi earlier this year.

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In Canada the route along which the bodies of servicemen killed in action are brought home has been titled the Highway of Heroes.

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But there are organizations like Folds of Honor that step up and answer the call to duty and patriotism, and try to raise scholarship dollars so that the children of our fallen heroes can pursue a college education of their own, despite having a parent severely wounded, or killed in action.

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