
ALBUQUERQUE — He was a perfect son who brought joy and laughter to his mother.
Laughing through her tears, De’on Miller of Lovington remembers the rambunctious yet endearing personality of her son, 21-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron Austin.
“That’s how he would sign his letters from Iraq, ‘From Your Precious, Perfect Son,”’ Miller said, looking back on her son’s clever manner. “He was definitely a class clown — I would have hated to have been his school teacher at times.”
Austin, a graduate of Lovington High School who planned to be married in December, was killed in action in Fallujah, his mother said Tuesday. He is the third New...