The New York Observer reports on the death of a Marine, Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel.

In some ways he was like every other young banker: toiling day and night on Wall Street, crowding the bars of Murray Hill and the Upper West Side on weekends, and courting the occasional girlfriend.

Whenever I run across a story or account, a personal look into the lives of these heroic men and women, I feel a deep sense of obligation to read it. I want to know who these people were; I need to remember them.

Go read the full article, and give extra thanks this weekend for men and women like Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel.