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Three-year-old Brooke Robinson touches the gold star above the name of her great-uncle, Army Spc. Johnny Smith, who died May 20, 1970 while serving in Vietnam.

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Alexandria: Remembering the Fallen

Memorial Day ceremony honors local veterans.

Arlisa Smith was 13 years old when her older brother Johnny died while serving his country in Vietnam. On Monday, Smith returned to the Del Ray neighborhood they grew up in to see for the first time the memorial where his name is chiseled in stone beneath a gold star.

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