ARVADA, CO--NOVEMBER 13TH 2010--Brandon Pearson's best friend, Marine 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, Spencer Elrod, center, speaks at Brandon's memorial service, United States Marine, Lcpl Brandon W. Pearson at the Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada Saturday morn

ARVADA, CO--NOVEMBER 13TH 2010--Brandon Pearson's best friend, Marine 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, Spencer Elrod, center, speaks at Brandon's memorial service, United States Marine, Lcpl Brandon W. Pearson at the Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada Saturday morning. Brandon's father, Mike Pearson, left, and Brandon's fiancee, Alexa Manta, right, listen. Pearson, with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force based out out Camp Pendleton, California, was killed November 4th 2010 in combat in the Helmand province of Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Andy Cross, The Denver Post (Photo By Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images)