Peter Van Agtmael
Magnum Photos for TIME
Coming Home
A member of Staff Sergeant William “Seth” Ricketts' unit in the 82nd Airborne Division stands guard over his casket, one for the article "Coming Home," April 12, 2010. On Feb. 27, Ricketts, 27, was killed by small-arms fire in Badghis province, a remote and previously uncontested area of western Afghanistan that has seen an upsurge of violence. On his fifth tour since joining the Army the day after 9/11, he became the 997th U.S. casualty in the war, according to Pentagon records.
TIME Magazine
