Lives Given, Not Taken

Michelle Malkin offers a perspective on the deaths of U.S. soldiers and Marines in Iraq not usually found in the media's tragic tolls. Here's what was said of Marine Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell 20, of Bel Air, Md., who died Wednesday in Anbar province.

"We do not believe that Jenny's life was taken. We believe that her life was given," Fender said. "She was a good kid. Anyone would love to have her as their daughter."

Also read the stories of Marine Sgt. Joshua J. Frazier, 24, from Virginia's Spotsylvania County and Seaman Manuel Ruiz, 21, from Maryland's Eastern Shore.