Benjamin B. Portell, 27
Portell's older brother was also serving in Iraq. His younger brother was stationed in South Korea. When Portell's father called his mother at work to tell her their son had been killed in Iraq, she asked: "Which one?"
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Sources: Times research, Defense Department, iCasualties.org
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