Rose Drake, mother of fallen Louisiana National Guardsman Spc. Christopher Drake, stands by a street sign bearing her son’s name along with Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, LANG adjutant general, Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis J. Sapp, Louisiana Army National Guard senior enlisted advisor, and Tickfaw Mayor Anthony Lamonte during a dedication ceremony in Tickfaw, La., July 11, 2015. Spc. Drake was killed in Afghanistan in May, 2013, while deployed with the Louisiana National Guard’s 1084th Transportation Company. ( Army National Guard photo by Spc. Joshua Barnett, Louisiana National Guard Public Affai

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Rose Drake, mother of fallen Louisiana National Guardsman Spc. Christopher Drake, stands by a street sign bearing her son’s name along with Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, LANG adjutant general, Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis J. Sapp, Louisiana Army National Guard senior enlisted advisor, and Tickfaw Mayor Anthony Lamonte during a dedication ceremony in Tickfaw, La., July 11, 2015. Spc. Drake was killed in Afghanistan in May, 2013, while deployed with the Louisiana National Guard’s 1084th Transportation Company. ( Army National Guard photo by Spc. Joshua Barnett, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office/Released) Tickfaw street named for fallen Guardsman 150711-A-AC723-115

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