Please Remember: Keith "Matt" Maupin

There are so many men and women who we need to be thankful for this Memorial Day but we sometime forget their faces and their stories.

Here is one soldier who made an impact on my life today. At the ceremony at Arlington Cemetery today the President gave a Memorial Day speech... and after his speech he winked at one woman. The woman was the mother of Matt Maupin.

His family was sitting right in front of me at the ceremony and they were the President's special guests today. His parents are strong and they are true patriots.

Today I would like to highlight one soldier, Matt Maupin.

Matt was captured by Iraqi insurgents on April 9, 2004 and on June 28, 2004, Arabic-language television network Al Jazeera aired a low-quality video purportedly depicting Maupin's execution. 

His body was found in late March 2008, but confirmation was not made until March 30, 2008 in Iraq.

Please check out these photos of his funeral.

There are more photos here. The President mentions his family in a speech here. 

Please read his story and remember him and all of the other soldiers who are Prisoners of War, Missing in Action or lost their lives throughout the years.