Pamela and Michael Watts’ son, Marine Lance Corporal Patrick Ryan Adle, 21, top left, of Bel Air, Maryland fell on June 29, 2004 in southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, as a result of hostile action. He was assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Folsom, Pennsylvania. He enlisted March 8th, 2001 and served two tours in Iraq. He was stationed at home from March to August 2003, and returned to the theatre in January 2004.

• "He was a hero," Michael Watts said yesterday of his stepson, a 21-year-old Marine reservist who was in his second tour of duty in Iraq. Pamela Adle-Watts said her son "was very proud of being a Marine. He believed he was helping the people of Iraq. He believed he was doing the right thing." Watts added: "Patrick made friends with the people of Iraq - the little kids, the parents. He told us, 'They were grateful we were there to help.'" Baltimore Sun, 7/1/04