Graves at Arlington Cemetery hold bittersweet memories

WASHINGTON (CNN) - America's most recent war dead lie in a quiet patch of ground at Arlington National Cemetery known as Section 60.

In that parcel are 502 men and women who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Most tourists keep to other paths at the cemetery, visiting the Tomb of the Unknowns or President John F. Kennedy's gravesite. However, especially on Memorial Day weekend, relatives and friends pay their respects at the graves in Section 60.

"I wish that everyone in their lifetime could come here at least once," said David Christoff of Rossford, Ohio, as he stood where his son is buried.