# Help me find story of anti-war campaingers son killed in Iraq

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**Created:** [April 2, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-story-of-anti-war-campaingers-son-killed-in-iraq/491659 "2009-04-02T00:38:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-story-of-anti-war-campaingers-son-killed-in-iraq/491659/1 "2009-04-02T00:38:36Z")

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No, no Cindy Sheehan. The facts as I remember are (and its been like 6 years so I may have messed it up a bit).

I remember when the Iraq war began, there was a story about a US family which was very much involved in the anti-war effort, they organised marches, distributed leaflets, went overseas etc.

They had a son in the army and he was deployed to Iraq during the initial invasion. I believe he was killed in action a little after the actual invasion. From memory, he was an officer, a tanker maybe?

I think, times or newsweek ran the story.

I have always remembered this but have thus far been unable to find it.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-story-of-anti-war-campaingers-son-killed-in-iraq/491659/2 "2009-04-02T01:55:55Z")

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Joe and Patricia Colgan?

[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1226-02.htm](http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1226-02.htm)

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-story-of-anti-war-campaingers-son-killed-in-iraq/491659/3 "2009-04-02T11:05:14Z")

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Yes thanks. And I was also able to via searching the name, able to find the original article

[http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/2003/poyrelatives.html](http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/2003/poyrelatives.html)

I remember being moved a lot by it. Although not an American, I am from an army family and the stories touched a chord with me.