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30 November 2004. Updated with Dale Burger funeral November 29.

29 November 2004. Updated with Jeramy Ailes funeral November 28.

28 November 2004. Updated with Abraham Simpson funeral on November 27

27 November 2004. Updated with Marshall Hugh Caddy funeral on November 27.

26 November 2004

1,295 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.



October 2004               62 Died

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Terri Potts, left, wife of Rhode Island National Guard Sgt. Christopher Potts holds onto his dog tags as her sister-in-law Kim Evans holds onto her as they watch the funeral detail handle the flag draped over her husbands casket during Potts' funeral service at Trinity Cemetery Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004 in Portsmouth, R.I. Potts was with the A Battery, 1st Battalion, 103rd Field Artillery unit when he was killed in action Oct. 3, 2004 in Iraq. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho)

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Damian Weger, 6, holds onto his father's flag as his grandmother, Patricia Weger, consoles him during the funeral of his dad, Army Spc. Michael S. Weger on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, at Houston National Cemetery in Houston. Weger, 30, of Houston, assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division; Fort Hood, Texas, was killed Oct. 12, by an improvised explosive device in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Barbara Davidson)

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Gloria Salazar, middle, mother of Las Vegas Marine Cpl. William I. Salazar, is consoled by family member Sammy Acosta, left, during funeral service for her 26-year-old son, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, at the Saint Hilary Catholic Church in Pico Rivera, Calif. Marine Cpl. Salazar, a combat photographer, who was documenting the conflict in Iraq, was killed in a car-bomb attack as he rode in the passenger seat of a Humvee in Iraqs western Al Anbar province. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Air Force Senior Airman Robert Lax, left, embraces his former Florida International University teammate Liz Borrell following the funeral of Marine 2nd Lt. Michael Felsberg, Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla. Both Lax and Borrell participated on the cross country team with Felsberg at FIU. (AP Photo/Palm Beach Post, Damon Higgins)

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Step-sister Debra Gniady, left, blows a kiss upon the casket of her brother Daniel Wyatt as Wyatt's fiancee, Laura Watson, front, moves to kiss his casket during funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Wyatt on Friday, Oct. 22, 2004 at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetary in Union Grove, Wis. Wyatt was killed by a homemade bomb set off by remote control in Babil Province, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004. The woman at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Scott Anderson)

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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)

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Emily Voss, front, fights back tears after receiving a flag as well as a Purple Heart and Army Commendation Medal during funeral services for her husband, Staff Sgt. Michael S. Voss, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004, at Manly Presbyterian Church in Southern Pines, N.C. Voss, 35, was killed by a roadside bomb near Tikrit, Iraq, on Oct. 8, 2004. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, David Smith)

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David, from left, Ka'iulani and Timothy Titcomb, siblings of Army Pfc. Joshua K. Titcomb, mourn Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, before his funeral service at Sacred Heart Church in Waianae, Hawaii. Pfc. Titcomb, 20, died Sept. 29 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered the previous day when an improvised explosive device exploded near his military vehicle. (AP Photo/Carol Cunningham)

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From left, Prabha Boyles, wife of Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron Robert Boyles, Wanda Keilaki, Boyles' mother, wearing purple lei, and Alex Gallardo, stepfather, say their last goodbyes at the gravesite of Boyles Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, during funeral services at Golden Gate National Cemeterey in San Bruno, Calif. Prabha Boyles is pregnant expecting the couples' first child. Boyles, 24, of Newark, was killed Sept. 24 in Iraq's Al Anbar Province, which includes the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Friends and family members of Marine Lance Cpl. Ramon Mateo including his mother Luz Rivera, center seated, grieve during funeral services for Mateo at Calverton National Cemetery, Monday, Oct. 4, 2004, in New York. Mateo, 20, of Brentwood, N.Y. was killed Sept. 24, 2004, by enemy fire in Iraq's Anbar province. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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A flag covers the casket of Russell Lee Collier, 48, in a Harrison, Ark., funeral home Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. The Army National Guard seargent killed Oct. 3, in Iraq was remembered as a hero by friends and family attending his funeral Tuesday. (AP Photo/Harrison Daily Times, Kevan Mathis)

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Vietnam veteran Jim Rolfe, right, wipes away tears as Cruz Garcia, center facing, also a Vietnam veteran, hugs Gulf War veteran Rey Apodaca, during Army Spc. Christopher Merville's funeral on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, at Sunset Memorial Park in Albuquerque, N.M. Merville, 26, of Albuquerque, became the sixth New Mexico solider or Marine killed in Iraq when he received a fatal wound riding in a Humvee during a mission near Baghdad on Oct. 12. (AP Photo/ The Albuquerque Journal, Roberto E. Rosales)

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Friends and family at the funeral for U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Schramm at the Greece Assembly of God on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, in Greece, N.Y. Schramm was killed in Iraq on Oct. 15. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Max Schulte)

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Gen. Charles Fletcher, right, presents an American flag to Kathy Brennan at the funeral for her husband Chief Warrant Officer William Brennan, Monday, Oct. 25, 2004, in Bethlehem, Conn. Brennan, 36, was killed in Iraq, Oct. 16, when the helicopter he was piloting collided with another. At left are Kathy Brennan's parents, Sonny and Leo Martinez,and daughter Katelin. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey).

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A Marine Color Guard marches past the coffin of fallen Marine Pfc. Victor Gonzalez during funeral services at St. Patrick's Church in Watsonville, Calif., Friday, Oct. 22, 2004. Gonzalez died of injuries suffered as the result of enemy action in the Al Anbar province in Iraq on Oct. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Santa Cruz Sentinel, Shmuel Thaler)

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Army pallbearers carry the cremated body of Army Spc. Jeremy Regnier, 22, of Littleton, N.H., after funeral services Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at New Life Assembly of God Church in Bethlehem, N.H. Regnier was killed earlier this month outside Baghdad when his armored vehicle drove over a roadside bomb. (AP Photo/Jon-Pierre Lasseigne)

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Mourners, including veterans who are members of Milwaukee-area motorcycle clubs, leave the St. Rita Catholic Church after funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Wyatt were held Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, in Racine, Wis. Wyatt, 22, of Racine, was killed in Babil Province, Iraq, on Oct. 12, 2004. (AP Photo/The Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)

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U.S. Marines carry the casket of Marine Cpl. Ian T. Zook, 24, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., during a graveside service at Forrest Hills Memorial Park in Palm City, Fla., on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004. The Marine corporal received full military honors, and his parents Mark and Karen Zook were presented with his Purple Heart medal during the funeral service earlier in the day. Corporal Zook was killed during combat in Iraq's Al Anbar province on Oct.12, 2004.(AP Photo/The Stuart News, Matthew Ratajczak)

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Gen. Brian Bowers, right, presents a folded U.S. flag to Ayoung Kim, left, wife and Mi Young Kim, mother, of Army Pfc. Jeungjin Na Kim, who was killed Oct. 6, 2004, in Iraq, during his funeral at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2004. Kim was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division based at Camp Hovey in South Korea. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman)

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Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., left, consoles Kaitlyn Cunningham, second left, Christine Kaminski, third left, and Dean Cunningham, during a funeral ceremony for Staff Sgt. Darren Cunningham, at Arlington National Cemetery, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004, in Arlington, Va. Cunningham, the 88th soldier interred in Arlington National Cemetery from the Operation Iraqi Freedom, died Sept. 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his unit came under mortar attack. Cunningham was assigned to the 89th Military Police Brigade, Forth Hood Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Family members of U.S. Marine Pfc. Andrew Halverson say their last goodbyes after a graveside service at the cemetery in Shopiere, Wis., Monday, Oct. 18, 2004. Halverson died Oct. 9 one day before his 20th birthday, as the result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, military authorities said. Halverson's funeral service at the Turtle Community Center was attended by hundreds of residents and well-wishers. (AP Photo/Beloit Daily News, Mark Boxley)

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A member of a U.S. Marine honor guard snaps off a salute before the flag draped coffin of Marine Pfc. Andrew Halverson during his funeral and internment Monday, Oct. 18, 2004, in Shopiere, Wis. Halverson, 19, of Muscoda, Wis., was killed in action in Iraq on Oct. 9. (AP Photo/The Janesville Gazette, Bill Olmsted)

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Funeral director Jaime Harper, left, holds the hand of Janet Uvanni, after the graveside service for her son, Sgt. Michael Uvanni, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, in Rome, N.Y. Uvanni, 27, was killed Oct. 1 in Samarra, Iraq during combat operations with the guard's 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment. Following behind is Uvanii's father Kevin. (AP Photo/The Post Standard, Mike Roy)

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Military officers carry the casket of Sgt. Michael Uvanni from St. John's Roman Catholic Church following the funeral mass Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, in Rome, N.Y. Uvanni, 27, was killed Oct. 1 in Samarra, Iraq during combat operations with the guard's 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment. (AP Photo/The Post Standard, Mike Roy)


November 2004                     140 Died to 30 November

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Barbara Dempsey, mother of Marine Cpl. Kevin Dempsey, watches as the casket containing the body her son is brought into the Leo P. Gallagher Funeral Home in Greenwich, Conn., Monday afternoon, Nov. 22, 2004. Dempsey, 23, died Nov. 13, in Iraq. (AP Photo/Connecticut Post, Johnathon Henninger)

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Deanna Shields, center, is escorted from Little Friendship Baptist Church during a funeral service for her husband Army Sgt. Jonathan Shields, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004 in Decatur, Ga. Sgt. Shields, 25, of Atlanta, was killed in Iraq on Nov. 12, 2004, while deployed in Iraq. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)

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Lance Cpl. Nicholas Anderson's brother Jackson Anderson, 10, left, holds a folded American flag as his stepmother, Lisa Anderson, center, hugs Amanda Barnicoat, Nicholas Anderson's fiancee, Monday, Nov. 22, 2004, at the funeral for Nicholas Anderson in Ventura, Calif. Anderson, 19, of Las Vegas, died Nov. 12, in Iraq. (AP Photo/Ventura County Star, Matt McClain)

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Henry and Sharon White hold the flag that draped the coffin of their son, Army Spc. Raymond L. White, during White's funeral services in Elwood, Ind., Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004. White, 22, was killed by small arms fire while patrolling in Baghdad on Nov. 12. (AP Photo/The Herald Bulletin, Don Knight)

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Maj. Dwayne Eckley embraces Deborah Hammond, left, and her husband Thomas Hammond after they were presented with a flag at a funeral for their son, Cpl. Nathaniel T. Hammond at Springfield National Cemetary, Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, in Springfield, Mo. Hammond, assigned to the Reserves' 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, based in Chicago, was killed in action in Iraq on Nov. 8. (AP Photo/News-Leader, Dean Curtis)

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Anita Babbitt, wife of Army Spc. Travis Babbitt, center, and his mother, Kathy Hernandez, right, receive flags during his funeral service at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sabinal, Texas, Friday, Nov. 19, 2004. Babbitt, 24, of Uvalde, Texas, died in Baghdad Nov. 9 when his patrol was attacked by a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Billy Calzada)

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** CORRECTS DATE TO MONDAY NOV 15 ** Beverly Miller is comforted by her husband Mark during funeral services Monday, Nov. 15, 2004, for her son U.S. Army Pvt. Justin Yoemans, in Abbeville, Ala. Yeomans was killed in Iraq Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004. (AP Photo/The Dothan Eagale, Jay Hare)

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Hannelore S. Workman touches the casket of her son, Army Maj. Horst G. Moore, at his funeral, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004, in Brownsville, Texas. Moore, 38, of Los Fresnos, died, Nov. 9, in Mosul, Iraq, when enemy mortar rounds detonated within his living area. He was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. (AP Photo/Rumbo de San Antonio, Ric Vasquez)

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Tania Rondon, widow of U.S. Army Sgt. Carlos Camacho Rivera, weeps while holding the medals of service and valor, including the Purple Heart, that she received on behalf of his husband during the funeral services in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. Camacho Rivera, 24, of Carolina, Puerto Rico, was killed Nov. 5 in a rocket attack in Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 386th Transportation Company, 11th Transportation Battalion at Fort Eustis, Virgina Beach, Va. (AP Photo/Carlos H. Ramos)

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Jeff and Peggy Hubbard, the parents of Lance Cpl. Jared Patrick Hubbard walk from church following funeral services for Marine Corp Cpl. Jeremiah Allen Baro and their son Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, in Fresno, Calif., Ca. The childhood friends were killed last week in combat in Iraq. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Clergy members pass by the body of U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Shields at Little Friendship Baptist Church during a funeral service Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, in Decatur, Ga. Shields a 25 year-old Atlanta native was killed in Iraq Nov. 12, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)

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The casket of Cpl. Kevin John Dempsey is placed in the hearse outside of St. Catherine of Sienna Church after a funeral Mass , Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004, in Greenwich, Conn. Dempsey, 23, was killed Nov. 13, during fighting in the Anbar Province in Iraq. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey).

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Marine pallbearers carry the flag-draped coffin of their fallen comrade, Marine Sgt. Christopher T. Heflin, 26, to a hearse at Mt. Zion Baptist Chursh following funeral services Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, in Paducah, Ky. Heflin died Nov. 16, 2004, as result of action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Marine Division based in Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, Stephen Lance Dennee)

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U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Jay Reeves, right, hands the flag to Pam Blecksmith, mother of Marine 2nd Lt. James P. Blecksmith, during the funeral service for Blecksmith, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, at the Church of our Saviour in San Gabriel, Calif. Blecksmith, 24, of San Marino in Los Angeles County, died Nov. 11 in Iraq's volatile al-Anbar province as a result of enemy action, military officials said. (AP Photo/Pasadena Star News, Keith Birmingham)

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A Marine detail serve as pallbearers as they unload Marine Sgt. Byron W. Norwood's casket in front a war memorial during Norwood's funeral service Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004, at the Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville, Texas. His body was later moved to its final resting spot inside the cemetery. The family, from left to right, are brother Grant Norwood, brother Colin Norwood, brother-in-law Hullum, sister Kristen Hullum and parents Janet and Bill Norwood. Norwood, 25, of Pflugerville, died Nov. 13 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province. He was assigned to 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman,Ralph Barrera)

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A Marine honor guard carries the casket of Staff Sgt. Gene Ramirez to his gravesite at his funeral Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, at San Fernando Cemetery No. 2 in San Antonio. Ramirez was killed in Iraq on Nov. 10, 2004. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Bahram Mark Sobhani)

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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)

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Kristie Tran, holds a photo of her late brother California Army National Guard Sgt. Quoc Binh Tran, 26, Mission Viejo Calif., who was killed Nov 7, 2004, by a roadside bomb outside Baghdad during a Vietnamese Christain funeral service in Midway City, Calif., Saturday, Nov, 20. 2004. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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A crowd gathers in Roselawn Cemetery Saturday afternoon, Nov. 20, 2004, during the funeral for Pfc. Dennis J. Miller, Jr. in Monroe, Mich. Miller, 21, of La Salle died Nov. 10 after his unit came under attack and a rocket-propelled grenade struck his tank in Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. (AP Photo/Monroe Evening News, Kim Brent)

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Teachers and students from the Christ Church of Kirkland School hold flags as they pay their respects to the funeral procession for Marine Lance Cpl. Nathan Wood, 19, Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, outside the school in Kirkland, Wash. Wood was killed Nov. 9, during fighting in Fallujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/King County Journal, Patrick Hagerty)

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Kristy Clary, sister of Spc. Don Clary, of the Kansas Army National Guard, squeezes the flag she received at her brother's funeral at Courter-Ritchey Cemetery outside Troy, Kan., Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004, while family members console her. Spc. Clary, 21, was killed Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, when a car bomb detonated near their convoy in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Topeka Capital-Journal, Anthony S. Bush)

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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)

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Amanda Jean Ries, 24, right, holds the flag that draped her husband's casket, during a funeral ceremony for Staff Sgt. David George Ries at Willamette National Cemetery, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. Staff Sgt. Ries, an electrician with the 6th Engineer Support Battalion at the Marine Corp Reserve Center in Portland, Ore., was killed west of Fallujah, Iraq, by an improvised explosive device on Monday, Nov. 8, 2004. (AP Photo/The Columbian, Janet L. Mathews)

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Marine pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy Bow after funeral services at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Friday, Nov. 12, 2004, in Lemoore, Calif. Bow, 20, of Lemoore, was killed Oct. 30 along with seven other Marines by a suicide car bomb in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, John Walker)

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A military officer presents an U.S. flag to Stephanie Webb, wife of Sgt. Charles Webb during a military funeral at Greenwood Cemetery, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, in Hamilton, Ohio. Flanking Stephanie are Webb's mother, Barbara Webb, center, and sister-in-law Vanesa Foreman, right. Webb, was killed in Iraq Nov. 3, 2004, when a roadside bomb hit an Army patrol southwest of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hamilton Journal News, Greg Lynch)

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** CORRECTS SPELLING TO STEPHINE SANCHEZ INSTEAD OF STEPHANIE SANCHEZ ** Peggy and Jeff Hubbard, far left, parents of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Hubbard, along with relatives of Cpl. Jeremiah Baro, watch as doves are released during a funeral service for the fallen Marines Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, in Clovis, Calif. The two men, who had been friends since elementary school, were killed together in action in Iraq. Baro's parents Terry, behind man releasing doves, and Bert Baro, third from right, and Cpl. Baro's girlfriend, Stephine Sanchez, second from right in front, look on. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., carry the casket of S/Sgt. Marshall Hugh Caddy out of New Hope United Methodist Church in Durants Neck, N.C., during his funeral Saturday morning, Nov. 27, 2004. Caddy was killed in Iraq November 16, when the Humvee in which he was riding collided with a tank. (AP Photo/The Daily Advance, Sam Wolfe)

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A procession headed by family members follows the casket bearing Lance Cpl. Abraham Simpson after funeral services for the fallen Marine Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004 in Chino Hills, Calif. Simpson was killed in combat Nov. 9, 2004, in the al-Anbar province of Iraq. (AP Photo/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Therese Tran)

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Lana and Joel Ailes, center, parents of Marine Lance Cpl. Jeramy Ailes, 22 of Gilroy, Calif., who was killed the week of Nov. 15, 2004, in combat in Iraq, look on during his memorial service Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004, at Gavilan Hills Memorial Park in Gilroy. (AP Photo/San Jose Mercury News, Meri Simon)

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Marine Staff Sgt. Charles Dorsey presents Martina Burger with a U.S. flag during the funeral service for her son Marine Cpl. Dale A. Burger Jr. at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, Nov., 29, 2004, in Arlington, Va. Burger was killed Nov. 14, in Iraq. (AP Photo/Baltimore Sun, Lloyd Fox)