13 US service members have died in the war with Iran. Here are their stories

By Alaa Elassar, Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Some of Mary Ellen Klinner’s happiest memories were of watching her son outdoors — camping, hiking and spending long days beside his father — and later seeing him become a devoted dad to three young children of his own. But since her son Maj. John ‘Alex’ Klinner