Forget-me-not: Mothers and Sons

An installation by Marie Watt commemorating Northwest servicemen and -women killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Joseph A. Jeffries
Beaverton, OR
1983–2004
Spc., Army Reserve 320th Psychological Operations Co.

Graduate of Sunset HS. Raced 4-cylinder stock cars. Wanted to be soldier since age 10; enlisted also because of GI Bill. Felt he was making a difference in Afghanistan. Loved children, and looked forward to being father; wife was pregnant with their son when he was killed.