Gallery: Fallen heroes of the Mid-Columbia

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Shelly Best of Prosser treasures the wedding band and dog tags her husband, Marvin, was wearing when he died a year ago in Iraq. "He was my entire world," she said. The 33-year-old Marine died after the Humvee he was riding in struck a land mine in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. MOLLY VAN WAGNER

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