Noun
gold star family (plural gold star families)
(US military) the immediate family of a U.S. soldier who was killed in action
By the age of 12, he was a member of a Gold Star family. By 36, two of his brothers were stolen from him in the most tragic, public of ways. By 41, he nearly lost a beloved child to cancer. And that made suffering something he knew. And it made him more alive to the suffering of others. Ted Kennedy
She assumed control of the president's initial White House bid at a perilous moment, seizing the reins amid Trump's with a Gold Star family and reports of Manafort's to Russian-backed Ukrainian politicians. Source: Internet