CHICAGO - U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Michael N. Parks, commander of the 9th Coast Guard District, speaks with Carol Ann Frazier and Frazier's granddaughter, Ella Wickland, 7, during the annual Illinois Gold Star Families Breakfast at Macy's in Chicago May 26, 2012. Frazier's husband, Jim Frazier, began serving on the Gold Star Families committee in 2004 after his son, Staff Sgt. Jacob Frazier of the Illinois Air National Guard, was killed in Afghanistan in 2003. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lauren Jorgensen)
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