One Marine can make a profoundly positive difference. A difference in the lives of those who loved him. A difference in the quality of the time they shared together. A difference in their time without him. LCpl. Lance Tanner Graham was one such Marine.

Before he was killed in what history will recall as one of the bravest Marine battles in Operation Iraqi Freedom III, Lance Graham brought a presence to 3rd Battalion 25th Marine's Mobile Assault Platoon 7. A presence of security and humor and most notably, quiet compassion.