
MEMPHIS, Tenn.— A Memphis soldier killed in Iraq loved life at a fast pace, and was looking forward to seeing it on the back of a new Harley-Davidson motorcycle, his family said.
Marine First Lt. Andrew Stern, who tentatively was one month away from leaving the war in Iraq, was killed in battle Sept. 16. His family didn’t have many details on how he died, only “bits and pieces” supplied by the Marines who visited their home that afternoon.
“He was rambunctious from the get-go,” said Stern’s father, Rich Stern. “But he became as good a son as there could be. He became my best friend.”
Stern, 24, deployed in April, and was in Fallujah to the best of his...