Laura Morton

On Assignment: Life

Army Spc. 4 Christopher D. Rose's mother, Margaret, wipes away tears as she is joined in mourning by her husband, Rudy (right), and daughter, Marianne Hoffman, during Rose's burial service at the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA. The 21-year-old soldier became San Francisco's first war casualty in Iraq when he stepped on an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
Army Spc. 4 Christopher D. Rose's mother, Margaret, wipes away tears as she is joined in mourning by her husband, Rudy (right), and daughter, Marianne Hoffman, during Rose's burial service at the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA. The 21-year-old soldier became San Francisco's first war casualty in Iraq when he stepped on an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.