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Bree McCormack is saddened at how low some people can go.

On Saturday night, someone stole a magnetic memorial ribbon from her vehicle that was in honour of her cousin who was killed while serving in Afghanistan.

Cpl. Zachery McCormack was killed by an improvised explosive device on Dec. 30, 2009 along with three other soldiers and journalist Michelle Lang.

He had been in Afghanistan for only a few months when he was killed in the line of duty.

McCormack said her grandparents were in town from Alberta and gave her two of the magnetic ribbons, but while she was visiting friends at the Holiday Park Mobile Home Park in Winfield, someone stole the ribbon the same day she put it on her vehicle.

McCormack has had other, generic decals stolen from her vehicle before, but this time the theft touched a nerve because of the personal nature of the ribbon.

“It has a lot of sentimental value and I am trying to honour my cousin as best I can. To just up and steal it is kind of ignorant,” she said. “For someone to steal it right off my van is pretty low.”