Stephen or better known to his family and friends as Stevie, was born on his due date on Labor Day. He lead a charmed life and never expected much in return. He would give the shirt off his back and in fact he did one time to one of his fellow soldiers. He joined the army at 17 completing basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. From there he went on to Fort Drum, New York 10th Mountain Division to be 3-6 Field Artilary.  His unit deployed in August in 2005 by Stephen could not go with them because he was not of age. He turned 18 in September that year and deployed to Iraq on November 5, 2005 to meet up with his unit. Stevie came home to North Carolina on leave from April 5 to the 20th and did all the things that a normal young kid did, played with his power rocket and army men, paintball with his mom and a road trip to Delaware with his dad to see family and friends. Little did we know this was the last day we would see him. May 10, he called but I was unable to speak to him as the phone cut off. He called my husband and spoke to him before the phone cut off again. The next day we were told he was killed by an IED along with PFC Eric D. Clark. He is survived by his mom and dad, Deborah and Paul Brown, sister Jessica Slater, maternal grandmother, Janet Loveland, uncle John Loveland. His brother, James A Graham Jr was killed 4 years later.