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Gold Star families say their loved ones made a difference, big and small, in Afghanistan

The Department of Defense says 150 troops from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware have died in Afghanistan.

Bart and Connie Howard, whose son, Lance Cpl. Abram Howard, was killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2010, in their Montoursville, Pa., home.
Bart and Connie Howard, whose son, Lance Cpl. Abram Howard, was killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2010, in their Montoursville, Pa., home.Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer