IRAQ: For one fallen soldier's dad, pain lingers

A pot of coffee brews inside the one-story home on Seth Dvorin Lane, as the father of a dead American soldier salutes his son's picture and sets out to keep his memory alive another day.

His weathered home sits on a street named after Army 2nd Lt. Seth Dvorin, 24, killed by a roadside bomb near Iskandariyah, Iraq, on Feb. 3, 2004.

Seth liked playing basketball, traveling to places like Europe and Israel, flying remote-controlled helicopters and driving Mustang cars, says his father, Richard Dvorin, a refrigerator of a man, before he breaks into tears for the fifth time this afternoon.

Dvorin, 65, knows his son's story sounds like one you've heard before. He knows you probably don't care to read about another dead soldier.

He wants you to pay attention anyway.

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—Erika Hayasaki in East Brunswick, N.J.

Photo: Richard Dvorin, 65, who keeps his son's military medals on display at home, works at a hot line for soldiers and their families, fielding calls about post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety and death. Credit: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[John]

We really need to get the hell out of there, like yesterday!

-John
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