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24 November 2004

1,272 US Military Dead During Iraq War: http://cryptome.org/mil-dead-iqw.htm

See also DoD tally: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

DoD News Briefing
Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; and General Richard Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 2:30 p.m. EST

            SEC. RUMSFELD: As our country prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving, we will take time to remember the truly outstanding men and women in uniform who continue to bring the hope of freedom to millions around the world.  We thank them.  We thank their families and their loved ones.  And we will particularly remember the families and loved ones of those who have given their lives in service to our country and those in hospitals, whether in Germany or here in the Washington area or elsewhere around our country, who are recovering from their wounds.  They will all be in our thoughts and prayers.

            GEN. MYERS:  Let me just add on to what the secretary just said.  I want to express the condolences of all the joint chiefs of staff to those who have been killed or wounded, to their families, their loved ones, their friends, over this entire global war on terrorism.  As the secretary said, they're doing what they do so we can live in this country, our friends and allies can live in peace and freedom.  So we owe them a real debt of gratitude, and we will remember them, especially as this holiday season progresses.

Associated Press photos.

Friends and family watch as soldiers from the Marine Corp fire a 21-gun slaute and fold the U.S. flag during the funeral of Pfc. Rick Morris Jr., 20, of Lubbock, Texas, Thursday, March 25, 2004, in Moterey, La. Morris recently died in a mortar attack while on patrol in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Natchez Democrat, Ben Hillyer)	Flags, wreaths and pieces of paper with thoughts and prayers adorn the baseball field fence of the Bokoshe High School in Bokoshe, Okla. near the gymnasium were a funeral ceremony for fallen soldier, Marine Cpl. Scott Michael Vincent took place Friday, May 7, 2004. Cpl. Vincent, 21, was killed April 30 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Michael Wyke)
Family members of fallen Marine Levi Angell, including his father Gordon Angell, left, wearing blue jacket, and his mother Loretta Angell, holding folded flag, and his sister, Angel Angell, striped skirt, and Angell's grandmother, Lila Angell, far right, wearing glasses, watch the final processional of a Marine squadron, during the fallen soldier's funeral, Tuesday, April 20, 2004, in Cloquet, Minn. Angell died in combat near Abu Ghurayb in Iraq, April 8, 2004. (AP Photo/The Duluth News Tribune, Amanda Odeski)	Brett Boye, right, father of U.S. Marine Pvt. Noah Boye consoles Kyle Dill, following the funeral for the soldier at the Grand Island Cemetery in in Grand Island, Neb. on Wednesday April 21, 2004. Boye was killed April 12 in Iraq when he came under enemy fire near Fallujah. (AP Photo/The Grand Island Independent, Barrett Stinson)
Ken Jerabek, father of Pfc. Ryan Jerabek, weeps as Marine soldiers carefully remove the U.S. flag that was draped over the coffin of his son during the funeral at Nicolet Memorial Garden on Friday April 16, 2004 in Green Bay, Wis. Standing beside Ken is his wife, Rita. Pfc. Jerabek, 18, was killed in Iraq last week in a firefight. (AP Photo/Green Bay Press-Gazette, Steve Levin)	Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa's brother, Sgt. David Menusa, in uniform, comforts his parents, Virgina and Michael Kenny during a funeral service for the fallen soldier, Friday, April 11 2003, in Santa Maria, Calif. Joseph Menusa was killed in action in Iraq on March 27 according to U.S. military officials. Girl at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Santa Barbara News-Press/Steve Malone)
U.S. Marine Maj. Curt Gwilliam speaks on his cell phone after Mexican soldiers interupted the funeral of a Mexican-American who became a U.S. Marine because of the presence of non-working, ceremonial rifles. 22-year-old U.S. Marine Juan Lopez, was buried in his hometown of San Luis de la Paz in central Mexico, Sunday, July 4, 2004. Lopez emigrated to Georgia as a teenager, joined the Marines and was killed in an ambush in Iraq on June 21. .(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)	Mexican soldiers, left, in green argue with a group of U.S. Marines, two of whom were carrying non-working ceremonial rifles during the funeral of 22-year-old Juan Lopez in his hometown of San Luis de la Paz in central Mexico, Sunday, July 4, 2004.The U.S. Embassy on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 sent a diplomatic note to Mexico's government demanding to know why Mexican troops interrupted the funeral of a U.S. Marine who died in Iraq and was being buried in his hometown in central Guanajuato state.Mexican soldiers with automatic weapons disrupted the graveside burial of Lance Cpl. Juan Lopez on Sunday, after taking issue with two non-working, ceremonial rifles carried by two Marines who traveled from the United States to take part in the funeral. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Ron Baum, 10, dressed in fatigues, and his mother Cindi, escorted by a U.S. Marine, watch as the casket of Ron's father and Cindi's husband, Gunnery Sgt. Ronald Eric Baum, is placed in a hearse after the fallen soldier's funeral, Tuesday, May 18, 2004, in Altoona, Pa. The 38-year-old Marine from western Pennsylvania who volunteered to go to Iraq, was killed Monday, May 3, 2004, in the Al Anbar province, where the turbulent cities of Ramadi and Fallujah are located, according to defense officials. (AP Photo/Altoona Mirror, Kelly Bennett)	Patty Steve, mother of slain U.S. Marine Brian Buesing, who was killed in action in Iraq, clings to a U.S. flag that was presented to her by the U.S. Marines during her sons funeral as her husband Roger, left, comforts her. The funeral was held Saturday, April 5, 2003 in Cedar Key, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)
Marine Reservists from Omaha, Neb., act as honor guard, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, at the funeral of Marine Cpl. Jarrod Maher in Imogene, Iowa. Maher, 21, died Nov. 12 in Iraq from what the Department of Defense called a non-hostile gunshot wound. He was a soldier in the 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. (AP Photo/The Daily Nonpareil, Jon Leu)	Parents of Spc. Ryan P. Long, Army Maj. Ret. Rudolf Long, second from left, and his wife Donna Long leave the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church after funeral services for their son Spc. Ryan P. Long, Saturday, April 12, 2003, in Seaford, Del. At right is Army Sgt. 1st Class John Isenhour casualty assistant for Spc. Ryan P. Long. Person at left is unidentified. Long, 21, and two other soldiers were killed April 3 when a car exploded at a checkpoint northwest of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Todd Dudek)
Marines and soldiers salute as the flag-draped body of Riayan A. Tejeda, a U.S. Marine killed in in Iraq, is placed inside a hearse at the conclusion of a funeral mass for the slain Marine, Monday, April 21, 2003, in the Washington Heights section of New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)	Family members of U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips, left to right, father David McPhillips, mother Julie, sister Carrie walk into Holy Family Church in Rockland, Mass., for Brian's funeral Wednesday, April 16, 2003, as a U.S. Marine officers salute. McPhillips, 25, of Pembroke, Mass., who was killed April 4, 2003, as coalition forces advanced on Baghdad. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
A Marine honor guard carries the casket of Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at the Beechwood Cemetery, in Durham, N.C., during funeral services for the Camp Lejeune Marine. Anderson was killed in Iraq on April 2.(AP Phfoto/Bob Jordan)	The casket carrying the body of Marine Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson is taken from the Mt. Calvary United Church of Christ, Tuesday, April 15, 2003, in Durham, N.C., after funeral services for the Camp Lejeune Marine. Anderson was killed in Iraq on April 2.(AP Phfoto/Bob Jordan)
Patty Steve, center, mother of slain U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Buesing, is presented with the U.S. Flag by a member of the U.S. Marine Corps as her husband Roger, left, sits by her side during funeral services Saturday, April 5, 2003, at Cedar Key, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)	Marines from the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot San Diego Honor Guard carry the casket of Marine Corps Cpl. Jorge Gonzalez at his burial at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Wednesday, April 9, 2003 in San Diego. Gonzalez, of Rialto, Calif., was killed in Iraq in a helicopter crash. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
A Marine stands next to the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. David Fribley before the start of a service for him at Warsaw Community High School gymnasium in Warsaw, Ind., Tuesday, April 8, 2003. Fribley, 26, was one of nine Marines killed March 23 during an attack by Iraqi troops who U.S. officials say had pretended to surrender before opening fire. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)	** CORRECTS SOLDIERS MILITARY RANK TO CPL ** Marines from Company L, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, give a final salute at the funeral service for Cpl. Michael Raymond Speer on Monday, April 19, 2004, in Johnson City, Tenn. Speer was killed in Iraq on April 9. (AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, David Crigger)
Charlene Stroud, center, is comforted by Brig. Gen. Mastin Robeson, right, after he presented her the American flag from the casket of her son, Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson after funeral services Tuesday, April 15, 2003, in Durham, N.C. Anderson was killed in Iraq on April 2. At left is Stroud's husband James.(AP Phfoto/Bob Jordan)	Family members enter the church behind the coffin of Lance Corporal Jose Antonio Gutierrez at the start of his funeral Monday, April 7, 2003 in Lomita, Calif.. Guitierrez was killed in combat March 21 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (AP PHOTO/LEE CELANO)
Engracia Sirina Gutierrez, center, sister of of Lance Cpl. Jose Antonio Gutierrez, fights back tears following his funeral Monday, April 7, 2003, in Lomita, Calif. At left is Gutierrez's foster mother, Nora Mosquera. Gutierrez was killed in combat March 21 during the Iraqi war. (AP Photo/Lee Celano)	Mindy Evnin, the mother of Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin, left, watches his flag-draped casket at a graveside ceremony in South Burliington, Vt., Monday, April 14, 2003. Mark Asher Evnin, 21, was killed April 3 near Kut, Iraq, shortly after his unit, the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, crossed the Tigris River in a drive toward Baghdad. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
A U.S. Marine color guard escorts the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. William White following memorial services in his church in Brooklyn, N.Y., Saturday, April 12, 2003. White was killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq March 29. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)	Amaryllis Hernandez, upper left, the mother of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Robert Marcus Rodriguez, looks skyward while being comforted by husband Clemente Hernandez, behind her, as her son's casket is carried by a Marine color guard from Blessed Sacrament Church, in Brooklyn, Friday April 11, 2003. Rodriguez was remembered Friday as a "son of New York" who died in Iraq fighting . (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)
Carmen Garza wipes away tears as stands with family members Thursday morning, April 10, 2003, at the San Benito High School in San Benito, Texas, during an early morning memorial service honoring her grandson, Marine Pfc. Juan G. Garza Jr. Residents joined students and faculty at the high school Thursday to pay tribute to the fallen Marine, who was shot in the chest by a sniper on Tuesday, April 8, as he patrolled an airport in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/The Valley Morning Star, Ric Vasquez)	Fellow Marines, family and friends carry the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. David Fribley to the graveside service at Etna Green Cemetery in Etna Green, Ind., Tuesday, April 8, 2003. Fribley was killed March 23 in the war in Iraq according to U.S. military officials. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
U.S. Marines exit St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with the flag-drapped coffin of fellow Marine Lance Cpl Jose Gutierrez Monday, April 7, 2003, in Lomita, Calif. Gutierrez is believed to be the first American casualty in the Iraqi war. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)	Taylor Contreras the youngest son of U.S. Marine Capt. Aaron Contreras stands in front of a picutre of his father during funeral services Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Sherwood, Ore. Contreras who was killed in action in Iraq (AP Photo/John Klicker)
U.S. Marines carry the casket of Cpl Jose Angel Garibay, killed in the war in Iraq, at his funeral Friday, April 11, 2003, at the St. Joaquim Catholic Church in Costa Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Rose Palmisano)	Fernando Suarez del Solar, center, leads a group of pallbearers carrying the casket of his son Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jesus Suarez del Solar into his funeral at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Escondido, Calif. Friday, April 11, 2003. Del Solar was killed in Iraq on March 27th. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Amaryllis Hernandez, second from right, the mother of U.S. Marine Cpl. Robert Marcus Rodriguez, is aided with smelling salts at the funeral of her son at the Blessed Sacrament Memorial Church in Brooklyn Friday April 11, 2003. Cpl. Rodriguez was remembered Friday as a "son of New York" who died in Iraq . (AP Photo/Radcliffe Roye)	Family and friends gather at St. Joachim Church for a Rosary service Thursday, April 10, 2003, in Costa Mesa, Calif., the night before final farewells to Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, Orange County's first casualty in the war with Iraq. Garibay, of Costa Mesa, was killed in combat March 23. He will be buried Friday at Riverside National Cemetery after funeral services at St. Joachim. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Rose Palmisano)
Relatives of Guatemalan born Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Antonio Gutierrez gather around his coffin at his funeral at Los Cipreses cemetery in Guatemala City, Wednesday April 9, 2003. Gutierrez, 28, became one of the first combat casualties of the war in Iraq when he was killed in ground combat fighting for the port city of Umm al Qasr of Iraq. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)	A United States Marine Corps color guard carry the casket of Corporal Brian Matthew Kennedy during funeral services at the First United Methodist Church Monday April 7, 2003 in San Diego. The 25-year-old Kennedy was killed in Iraq March 21, 2003. (AP Photo/Pool,Peggy Peattie )
Korthaus family members, father Steve Korthaus, left, mom Marilyn, center, and fiance, Barbi Schneckloth, watch as Marines remove the casket containing Sgt. Bradley Korthaus from the hearse, Monday, April 7, 2003, at Our Lady of Victory Church in Davenport, Iowa, during funeral services. Sgt. Korthaus drowned in the Saddam Canal in southeastern Iraq on March 25, 2003(AP Photo/Quad-City Times, John Schultz).	Tony Nave, 6, son of U.S. Marine Maj. Kevin G. Nave, hugs a teddy bear after a funeral service, Saturday, April 5, 2003, at St. Patrick Church in White Lake, Mich. Nave, who was killed in action in Iraq on March 26, 2003, was the first serviceman from Michigan known to die in the war against Iraq. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Steve Perez)
U.S. Army honor guard carry the casket of Army Spc. James Kiehl, who was killed in action in Iraq, from the Comfort Baptist Church in Comfort, Texas, Monday. April 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)	Maj. John R. Zsido makes remarks during a memorial service in Fort Knox's Main Post Chapel Friday, April 11, 2003 for Capt. Edward J. Korn. Korn was killed in Iraq on April 3. (AP Photo/Master Sgt. John Pennell)
An unidentified relative of Cpl. Jose Angel Garibay, kisses the flaged casket , at a memorial service Friday, April, 11, 2003, at the St. Joaquim Catholic Church in Costa Mesa, Calif. Cpl Garibay was killed in combat in Iraq. (AP Photo/Rose Palmesano)	The Rev. Tandy Sloan bows his head while a choir sings in front of him during Sunday morning service at the Historic Friendship Baptist Church in Cleveland, Sunday, April 6, 2003. Sloan recently learned his son, Pvt. Brandon Sloan, was killed in action in the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Luke Palmisano)
Members of Maj. Gregory Stone's family, including his two sons Alex, 11, lower left with arm around him, and Joshua, 7, far left, listen to a bagpipe rendition of "Amazing Grace" during a memorial service Saturday April 5, 2003 at the Cathedral of the Rockies in Boise, Idaho. Stone was killed in the grenade attack on the 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait.(AP Photo/ The Idaho Statesman, Darin Oswald)	U.S. Marine Corps members hold a U.S. flag over the casket of Therrel Shane Childers, Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at the fallen soldier's graveside service in Powell, Wyo. Hundreds of people, including many veterans and young men and women in uniform, attended the brief but emotional funeral service Tuesday for Childers, a U.S. Marine who became the first American combat casualty in the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Casper Star-Tribune, Dan Cepeda)
Michael Evnin, center, wipes a tear as the casket of his son, Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin , is carried him Monday, April 14, 2003, in South Burlington, Vt. Evnin died in combat in Iraq on April 3. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)	A relative reacts while viewing the open casket of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. William White, during memorial services in his church in Brooklyn, New York, Saturday, April 12, 2003. White was killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq March 29. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Stacy Menusa kisses the coffin of her husband Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa at the Santa Maria Cemetery Friday, April 11, 2003, in Santa Maria, Calif. Joseph Menusa was killed in action in Iraq on March 27 according to U.S. military officials. (AP Photo/Santa Maria Times, Scott De Freitas-Draper)	Keiko Cawley, at left, wearing light blue dress, the 6-year-old daughter of Staff Sgt. James Cawley, follows her father's casket as it is wheeled toward a hearse, Thursday, April 10, 2003, in Bountiful, Utah. Cawley, Utah's first casualty in the war in Iraq, was buried Thursday with full military and police honors. Cawley, 41, a Marine reservist from Layton, Utah, died March 29 in Iraq when struck by a coalition Humvee as he sought refuge from enemy fire. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)
Jatzy Gonzalez, right, wife Marine Corps Cpl. Jorge Gonzalez, wipes tears from her eyes at his burial as Gonzalez' father Mario Gonzalez, left, and mother Rosa Gonzalez, center, look on at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Wednesday, April 9, 2003 in San Diego. Gonzalez, of Rialto, Calif., was killed in Iraq in a helicopter crash on March 23. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)	Linda Fribley carries the American flag that covered the casket of her son, Marine Lance Cpl. David Fribley, as she leaves the graveside service at Etna Green Cemetery in Etna Green, Ind., Tuesday, April 8, 2003. Fribley was killed March 23 in the war in Iraq according to U.S. military officials. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
A horse-drawn caisson carries the flag-draped casket of Army Ranger Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe to his burial site in Arlington National Cemetery Thursday April 10, 2003, in Arlington, Va. Capt. Rippetoe, a native of Colorado, died April 4 in Iraq when a civilian vehicle exploded at a coalition checkpoint near the Hadithah Dam in Iraq. Rippetoe from Arvada, Colo., is the first soldier from the Iraqi conflict to be buried on the historic grounds. (AP Photo/Chicago Tribune, Pete Souza)	Roberto Abad, father of deceased U.S. Marine Cpl. Roberto Abad, 22, of Los Angeles, looks out the window after returning from the funeral services of Roberto, whose photographs and mementos are displayed on the altar set inside the family's living room in Bell Gardens, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. Abad was killed in Iraq Aug. 6, 2004. Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 794 U.S. soldiers have died _ 585 as a result of hostile action and 209 of non-hostile causes, according to the Defense Department. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven hugs Spc. Cody Wentz's parents, Kenneth and Joyce, after praising the late soldier's service during a funeral Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004, at the Phil Jackson Field House in Williston, N.D. Wentz was killed Nov. 4 near Balad, Iraq, from an explosion by a roadside bomb. (AP Photo/Williston Herald, Tim Pederson)	Dean Cunningham, son of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Darren Cunningham, weeps as he hugs the U.S. flag that draped his father's coffin, during a funeral ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004, in Arlington, Va. SSgt. Cunningham, the 88th soldier interred in Arlington National Cemetery from Operation Iraqi Freedom, died Sept. 30 in Baghdad when his unit came under mortar attack. Cunningham was assigned to the Forth Hood, Texas, based 89th Military Police Brigade. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
A soldier with the 82nd Airborne, out of Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, plays taps during the funeral of Staff Sgt. Tony B. Olaes Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2004, at Heritage Memorial Gardens, in Westminster, S.C. Olaes, 30, was killed last Sept. 20, 2004, in Afghanistan when his patrol vehicle was ambushed by enemy forces. (AP Photo/Daily Journal, Chris Day)	A military honor guard escorts the casket of Barton Humlhanz following funeral services, Friday, Sept. 3, 2004, in Doylestown, Pa. Humlhanz, 23, of Hellertown, Pa., died Thursday, Aug. 26, from injuries due to enemy action in Babil Province in Iraq, military authorities said. He was assigned to a Marine unit based in Camp Lejeune, N.C. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Ken White)
Erika Sullivan, center, follows behind the flag-draped coffin of her husband, Marine Lance Cpl. Vincent Sullivan, following funeral services Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004, at the First Congregational Church in Montclair, N.J. Sullivan, 23, a former Chatham resident, was killed in a firefight July 23, 2004, west of Baghdad, his family said. (AP Photo/Daily Record, Dawn Benko)	Matthew Parkerson, 6, center, is held by his mother, Lori Moreno, as he looks up at a Marine honor guard member after receiving a U.S. flag at the funeral of his father, Marine Sgt. Harvey Emmett Parkerson III, Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma, Calif. Parkerson was killed in action Aug. 18 in Najaf, Iraq. (AP Photo/North County Times, Jamie Scott Lytle)
Amelia Durheim, 20, right, of Ronan, Mont., hugs Stephanie Funke after funeral services for Stephanie's son, Marine Lance. Cpl. Kane Funke, Friday, Aug. 20, 2004, in Polson, Mont. Funke, 20, was killed by an incendiary device Aug. 11 during combat in the Iraq's Al Anbar Province. Durheim's husband served with Kane in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Daily Inter Lake, Chris Jordan)	A Marine presents a medal to Miranda Sue Pruitt, left, daughter of Sgt. Moses Rocha who was killed in Iraq, during funeral services for Rocha at South Park Cemetery in Roswell, N.M., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. Rocha was killed by enemy fire near Najaf and was one of two Roswell servicemen who were killed in Iraq on Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Andrew Poertner)
A Marine presents an American flag to Velina Sanchez, left, the mother of Sgt. Moses Rocha who was killed in Iraq, during funeral services for Rocha at South Park Cemetery in Roswell, N.M., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. Rocha was killed by enemy fire near Najaf and was one of two Roswell servicemen who were killed in Iraq on Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Andrew Poertner)	Marines salute the flag-draped casket of Sgt. Moses Rocha during funeral services at South Park Cemetery in Roswell, N.M., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. Rocha was killed by enemy fire near Najaf, Iraq, and was one of two Roswell servicemen who died in Iraq on Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Andrew Poertner)
Jose Reynoso kneels before the casket of his son, Yadir Reynoso, Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, in Wapato, Wash., during the community visitation before Yadir's funeral service. Yadir, 27, a sergeant in the U.S. Marines, was killed Aug. 5, while fighting in Iraq. (AP photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, Gordon King)	A U.S. Marine Corps. Honor Guard carries the flag-draped coffin of Pfc. Nachez Washalanta at Heritage Hall in Ardmore, Okla., after funeral services, Friday, Aug. 27, 2004. Washalanta, 21, was killed Saturday, Aug. 21, in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, according to a Department of Defense report. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, David McDaniel)
A military funeral detail from Fort Knox, Ky., carries the casket of Spc. Danny Bruce Daniels II, Thursday, July 29, 2004, during a funeral service at Pie Cemetery in Mingo County, W.Va. Daniels, 25, assigned to the 630th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade in Bamberg, Germany, was killed in Baghdad on July 20 when his patrol vehicle came under attack by small arms fire and hit an improvised explosive device, the U.S. Department of Defense said. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)	The funeral procession of Army Sgt. Charles Kiser, made up of family, military and police, fills county Highway LS Thursday, July 1, 2004, enroute to the Armory in Sheboygan, Wis., for a public visitation and funeral service. Kiser, 37, was killed by a car bomb Thursday, June 24, 2004, outside Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/The Sheboygan Press, Bruce Halmo)
Members of the Ft. Bragg Army Funeral Detail Unit carry the casket of N.C. National Guardsman Capt. Chris Cash while his wife Dawn Cash, far right, watches with funeral director Don Wilkerson, Thursday, July 1, 2004 at Pinewood Memorial Park in Greenville, N.C. Cash was killed Thursday, June 24 in Iraq. (AP Photo/ The Daily Reflector, Jessica Webb)	Serena Dantzler, center, is escorted out by unidentified women of Caldwell Parish High School, where funeral services were held for her husband, Spc. Torey J. Dantzler, Friday, July 30, 2004 in Columbia, La. Dantzler, 22, was killed in Samarra, Iraq, July 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated on the side of the road near his convoy vehicle. (AP Photo/The News-Star, Brandi Jade Thomas)
Joani and Patrick Kelly accept the U.S. flag at their son Lance Cpl. Bryan Kelly's funeral in Klamath Falls, Ore. Wednesday, July 28, 2004. Kelly was killed in Iraq on July 15, 2004. Presenting the flag the to the Kelly's is 1st Lt. Casey Farrell, Brian Kelly's platoon leader during his first tour of duty in Iraq. (AP Photo/Herald and News, Ron Winn)	A family member carries the box containing the U.S. flag that was draped over the casket of Army Sgt. Dale Thomas Lloyd following his funeral Tuesday, July 27, 2004, in Dallas, Pa. Lloyd was killed Monday, July 19, 2004, in a mortar attack in Iraq, his family said. (AP Photo/The Citizens' Voice, Warren Ruda)
Celeste Lawrence sits in front of the flag covered casket of her husband, Marine Cpl. Jeffrey Lawrence, during funeral services at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson, Saturday, July 24, 2004. Lawrence, 22, Tucson, Ariz., was killed July 6, in Iraq's Anbar province. He was assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force; Camp Lejeune, N.C. (AP Photo/Tucson Citizen, Francisco Medina)	Joseph Garmback, sunglasses, left-center, stands with his wife, Marylon, as the casket of their son, Army Spc. Joseph M. Garmback Jr. is carried into St. Ignatius of Antioch Church in Cleveland, for a funeral mass Friday, July 16, 2004. Spc. Garmback was killed last month in Iraq during a mortar attack. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)