Cpl. Conner T. Lowry, an ammunition technician chief

Cpl. Conner T. Lowry, an ammunition technician chief and fire team leader with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, cheers and runs after his squad fired a javelin missile in combat here, Jan. 17, 2012. Lowry, a 24-year-old native of Chicago, died March 1, 2012, while conducting combat operations in Kajaki district, Afghanistan. His friends remembered him as a loud, comical, and energetic Marine who kept a sense of humor even while he was being shot at. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Roger W. Malcolm)