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Deb and Dan Barnum (left), parents of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, attend a ceremony honoring their son at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Va., Jan. 12, 2007. The 22-year-old Marine died in Iraq in 2004 while shielding fellow Marines from a grenade blast.

Deb and Dan Barnum (left), parents of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, attend a ceremony honoring their son at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Va., Jan. 12, 2007. The 22-year-old Marine died in Iraq in 2004 while shielding fellow Marines from a grenade blast.

Deb and Dan Barnum (left), parents of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, attend a ceremony honoring their son at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Va., Jan. 12, 2007. The 22-year-old Marine died in Iraq in 2004 while shielding fellow Marines from a grenade blast.

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