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Accompanied by Afghan National Police and American troops led by New York Army National Guard Soldier Lt. Col. Russell Clark (left), United States Army Reserve Soldier Col. Frank Kestler, of Shelter Island, N.Y. (right) walks to the Afghanistan field near Arif Kala where his stepson, 1st Lt. Joseph Theinert, was killed in combat in June, 2010. Kestler, Clark, the troops and police officers conducted the patrol last autumn. At the site, Kestler prayed with the other Soldiers, gathered some earth and blessed the ground with holy water given to him by Chrys Kestler, Joe’s mother. Clark is from Angola, N.Y. (courtesy photo)