. >> reporter: preserveandhonor. com is ricky gillam's web site he designed and created after hearingbout the hundreds of mismanaged and mismarked grave sites at arlington national cemetery. >> one father had to go and identify his son dead by a few years by a tattoo on his arm. >> reporter: he comes from military family. his brothers in the air force, dad in the army, step dad retired navy and his great-, great-, great-grandfather fought in the battle of gettysburg. he made it his mission to make a difference. >> using index cards, ridiculous. >> reporter: he told his mom he wanted to build a web site to honor those who died in the war on terror. >> i thought if anybody could do it. it would be ricky. >> reporter: he and mom spent days at arlington taking pictures on the back of the grave sites and forming a database. he turned it into an easy to use web site. >> people can go on, search by name, year of death, date of death. >> reporter: now a blog feature allows loved ones to post tributes. >> this way they're never a number, always with people. >> reporter: his web site only inclu