By RYAN S. CLARK
July, 11, 2008

Names, faces and families are always changing in the military.

And for many, death is one heartbeat away.

Even after 18 years as a U.S. Army chaplain, Col. Sidney J. Marceaux Jr. says dealing with the ultimate sacrifice is his toughest challenge.

Marceaux, 69, the oldest soldier serving in Kuwait, meets it as he always has.

“Every one of my soldiers who gets wounded or killed here, we have an obligation to provide them with the religious support they would expect,” the Port Arthur resident said.

“The most difficult thing is to come back to my quarters and I am all alone and I think about their parents, spouses and children and how they feel. They have lost a loved one.

“That bothers me. I worry about that.”

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