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| | Sgt-Paul-Ray-Smith |
 | | Paul and Birgit Smith's children, Jessica, 16, and David, 9, did not attend the memorial service because they've missed so much school since their father's death and needed to make up classes, their mother said. |
 | | Smith solace seems to depend on her emotional state, which fluctuates wildly day to day, even hour to hour, from grief and pride to a gnawing emptiness then a fierce determination to keep his memory alive. |
 | | Sergeant Smith, 33, was one of 38 soldiers from the Third Infantry Division killed in the war or its aftermath, along with four others from other units who fought with the division. |
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