With the Google Earth layer, users can click on service members' names, hometowns and profiles.
Each year on Memorial Day, tens of thousands of Americans visit Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington to pay tribute to the men and women who died serving the United States.
For people who are unable to make the trip, a new online memorial provides a unique way to honor those service members who have fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The new Google Earth layer, called Map the Fallen, enables the user to pinpoint where, when, and how each service member died since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan. A line connects the service member's approximate location of death to his or her hometown.
The interactive tool -- available at mapthefallen.org -- also offers a detailed profile of each person...........
Digital Memorial to Troops
John King demonstrates a new, interactive digital memorial to the fallen troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
CNN State of the Union - John King
Honoring the Fallen on a Google Earth map on CNET.
The Faces Of The Fallen In Operation Iraqi Freedom And Operation Enduring Freedom. Washington Post.
MSNBC Photo Slide Show for Memorial Day 2009
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