Benjamin B. Tollefson, 22
At his memorial service, which drew 1,300 people, friends and family members spoke about the goofy guy with the high-pitched laugh who did hilarious impressions of hapless surfer dudes, who knew how to scam his way out of homework and soccer practice, whose eclectic musical tastes ranged from electronica to heavy metal to rap to pop, who joined the Army as an out-of-shape, aimless wanderer and quickly morphed into a burly, motivated man.
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