Dominic C Brown

Dominic C. Brown's last care package was to have included his favorites: John Grisham books, red licorice, Goldfish crackers and pictures from home. "I just never got it sent," said Brigette Brown, his mother. Brown, 19, of Austin, Texas, died Sept. 13 from non-combat injuries near Iraq’s Anbar province. He graduated high school last year and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. "He was loving, friendly, hard-working, energetic," his mother said. "Anything he ever did, he did 100 percent. He was a great artist. He loved art. He was great at drawing. He felt things from the heart." Christina Srisen, 19, knew Brown since sixth grade. "There were plenty of girls who had crushes on him," she said. "He flirted all the time with...