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A Marine honor guard drapes a flag over the
casket of Marine Cpl. Binh N. Le, a 2002 graduate of Edison High School, during his
funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, Dec. 22.
At the funeral services at Arlington National
Cemetery on Dec. 22 of Marine Cpl. Binh N. Le, 20, who died in Fallujah on Dec. 3,
mourners included the uncle who raised him, Luong La.
The slain Marine's father,
Michael Lucero, in dark glasses, and Tina, the Marine's mother, are comforted by friends.
At center is Joshua Lucero's son, Joey.
Robert Houck comforts his wife, Beth,
after the burial of their son at Arlington National Cemetery.
The U.S. Marine Corps Ceremonial
and Guard Company rendered honors during Capt. Rapicault's burial.
Marines
carry Cpl. Nicholas L. Ziolkowski's ashes and an American flag at Arlington National
Cemetery in Virginia.(Sun photo by Elizabeth Malby) Nov 24, 2004
The casket of Lance Cpl.
Nicholas H. Anderson is led out of Our Lady of the Assumption Church today in Ventura.
The dog tag of fallen
Marine JP Blecksmith hangs from the casket as the The 5th Marine Battalion pall bearers
carry him to his final resting place.
The 5th US Marine Battalion
march along the hearse during the funeral for US Marine 2nd Lt. James Patrick
"JP" Blecksmith who was killed in Iraq was held at the Church of our Saviour in
San Gabriel.
After the funeral for Marine
Cpl. Robert P. Warns II, students from St. Mary's Elementary School line Newhall Ave. in
Waukesha as the hearse goes by. Warns died Nov. 8 in Iraq.
A Marine honor guard carries
the casket at the burial service for Marine Lance Cpl. Sean Langley at Lexington Cemetery.
Langley, 20, of Lexington, died Nov. 7 in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. The Associated
Press/Charles
Pall bearers carry the body of
Lance Corporal Nicholas Larson, 19, from Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in
Winfield, Illinois, November 18,2004. Larson, a Marine, was killed as U.S. forces pushed
toward Falluja, Iraq (news
- web
sites) on November 9, 2004. Larson is one of six Illinois servicemen killed in one
week. REUTERS/John Gress
An honor guard of United States
Marines moves the casket of Cpl. Robert P. Warns II to his grave at St. Josephs Cemetery
in Waukesha, Wisconsin November 18, 2004. Warns died of wounds suffered in Lutifiyah, Iraq
(news
- web
sites) on November 9th.
Tony Torres, 42, of Homestead,
mourns his nephew, Marine Lance Cpl. Juan “Steve” Segura, 26, after the family
found out that Segura was killed Tuesday in al-Anbar province in Iraq. He was supposed to
come home in December.
(Sun-Sentinel/Melissa Lyttle)
Phoebe
Oliveira, wife of Marine Cpl. Brian Oliveira, is presented an American flag and her
husband's medals. To her left is David Horseman, Brian Oliveira's father.
Zeada Gadsden
holds a photo of her son Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan Gadsden, who died of injuries he
received while serving in Iraq. Gadsden lived most of his life in Jamestown.
Arlene
(center) and Paul Felsberg attend a memorial service at FIU Wednesday for their son,
Marine 2nd Lt. Michael Felsberg, who was killed in Iraq Oct. 13.
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 (news
- web
sites). 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)
Pallbearers walk out the
coffins of U.S. Marines Jeremiah Baro, left, and Jared Hubbard after funeral services at
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Fresno, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004. The two
young men from the San Joaquin Valley died while serving together in Iraq (news
- web
sites). (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Stephine Sanchez, left, is
escorted by the Rev. Tim Rolen after she read a poem to her boyfriend, Marine Cpl.
Jeremiah Baro, at funeral services for Baro and Lance Cpl. Jared Hubbard, pictured at
right, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Fresno, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004.
The two young men from the San Joaquin Valley died while serving together last week in
Iraq (news
- web
sites). (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Marine Staff Sgt. Tom
McCarty comforts Jan Lukac during the funeral for Lukac’s son, John, on Wednesday in
Las Vegas. Lukac, a Marine, was killed last week in Iraq.John Locher, Las Vegas (Nev.) Review-Journal
/ AP photo
Ian Zook's parents, Mark and Karen, watch
their son's casket being placed in his grave as a Marine honor guard salutes. Friends say
he kept in touch from out of state and overseas.
Hundreds of people paid their respects
Thursday to Ian Zook, 24, a Marine from St. Lucie County. During the graveside ceremony,
family friend Kristy Cribier (from left), his sister, Amy, and his parents, Mark and
Karen, grieve at Forest Hills Cemetery in Palm City. Officials presented Zook's parents
with his Purple Heart.
A Marine hands Concetta Mateo,
widow of Marine Lance Cpl. Ramon Mateo, the flag that covered his casket Monday.
Sgt. Ryan
Schulze, with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, pays his
final respects to Pfc. Timothy Shane Folmar, a rifleman with Fox Company, during a
memorial service for him at Combat Outpost on Tuesday. Folmar was killed battling enemy
insurgents in Iraq on Sept. 24.
Lance Cpl.
Jacob D. Mullins, 21, gives a final salute to fellow motor transport mechanics Lance Cpl.
Ramone Mateo, 20, and Lance Cpl. Arron Boyles, 25, who were killed by hostile action on
Sept. 24 during convoy operations near Fallujah, Iraq. The Marines were members of
Regimental Combat Team 7 Motor Transportation Company.
Marines prepare a flag to give
to the mother of Marine Lance Cpl. Steven A. Rintamaki at Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery in
Seattle. (October 01, 2004)
Goodbye: Melanie Meluat,
right, holds her 3-year-old daughter MiaCai Meluat while the girl waves goodbye to her
father, the late U.S. Marine Cpl. JayGee Meluat, as his casket is lowered into the grave
at the Guam Veterans Cemetery in Piti yesterday.
Andrew Soltau pays respects at
the coffin of his son, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adrian Soltau, who became the 21st armed
forces member from Wisconsin killed in Iraq, at Wood National Cemetery on Thursday. Adrian
Soltau, 21, died in an explosion Sept. 13, during his second tour of duty in Iraq.
Brigette
Brown (cq) kisses the casket of her son, Marine Lance Corporal Dominic Brown, at the
Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville Wednesday.
A hearse
carrying the body of Marine PFC David Burridge passes Lafayette High School on Friday
morning on its way to the cemetery. Students lined both sides of the street. A 50-foot
American flag was stretched across the street and held in place by two Lafayette Fire
Department ladder trucks. Burridge was killed in action in Iraq in early September by a
suicide bomber.
Family
photo taken in June of Edgar Lopez and his wife, Rosie; son, Edgar Jr.; and daughter,
Anamaria.
Siblings and fellow Marines
Rosanna and Caleb Powers, photographed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., in 2002. Lance Cpl.
Caleb Powers, 21, of Mansfield, Douglas County, was killed in Iraq last week.
Sandra Alvarez, 21, of
Highland embraces a photographer of her husband U.S. Marine Cpl. Nicanor Alvarez, 22, who
was killed in Iraq over the weekend. In the background, Nicanor's brother Ismael Gonzalez
Sr., 30, sits in shock.
Courtney
and Brad McCormick were married just before Christmas of 2003, before Brad was deployed to
Iraq. He died in August of this year.
A portrait of 27-year-old Sgt.
Yadir Reynoso hangs in the doorway of his parents' home while his family looks over photos
and other personal mementos they have arranged around their fireplace. Reynoso died last
week while serving in Iraq.
Marine LCpl.
Robert Weber's firefighter memorial, August 20, 2004.
Geri Morris and Dan Pratt, the
parents of Marine Cpl. Dean Paul Pratt, hold the flags from their son's casket at his
funeral service Thursday at the American Legion Hall near Stevensville. Pratt died in an
explosion in Iraq on Aug. 2. Standing next to his parents are their current spouses, John
Morris, left, and Becky Pratt, right. Photo by TOM BAUER/Missoulian
Capt. Mark Shae from Fire District No. 4 holds his radio to the microphone
as the final tone-out for Bryan Kelly was transmitted as a tribute to a fallen firefighter
during last night's public service. Kelly was a volunteer firefighter for District No. 4.
Renee Jean / Daily Journal Staff
Sgt. Trevor L. Spink, 36, was killed in Iraq Saturday. His remains arrived at the St.
Louis airport Thursday and were taken to Desloge. A brief ceremony marked the occasion,
and a full rifle detail of Marines stood by as the casket was carefully placed in the
waiting hearse.
The casket of Marine Lance
Cpl. Scott E. Dougherty arrives for his funeral service Saturday June 17, 2004.
Celeste Lawrence stands next
to her father Warren as they watch several Marines carry the flag covered casket of her
husband Marine Cpl. Jeffrey Lawrence at Holy Hope Cemetery.Photos by FRANCISCO
MEDINA/Tucson Citizen
John Vangyzen III tries to
find comfort in the Rev. Bob Rust, above, as his emotions over losing his son, John
Vangyzen IV, overtake him.
Shirley
Huston kisses the casket holding the body of her son, Lance Cpl. James Huston Jr., a
Marine who was killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq, during his funeral Saturday in
Hermiston.
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt.
Christian Bacon, center, salutes as a flag, which adorned a casket bearing the body of
Lance Cpl. Michael S. Torres, is folded during graveside services, Monday, July 12, 2004,
at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas. Torres was killed along with two other
Marines in combat near Fallujah, Iraq (news
- web
sites) on July 5
A Marine salutes the weapon and
helmet that belonged to Sgt. Kenneth K. Conde during a memorial service for him at Camp
Hurricane Point in Ramadi, Iraq, on Thursday. Conde was killed July 1 by an improvised
explosive device.
Marine reservist Joshua Tackett of Edgewood,
Md., holds a family picture, that includes himself, center, his brother Bruce Tackett,
right, and his cousin Lance Cpl. Patrick Adle, left, Wednesday, June 30, 2004, in
Edgewood. Adle, 21, of Bel Air, was one of five Marines killed while traveling in
Iraq , Tuesday. Adle was one of five Marines traveling Tuesday in a Humvee to
Baghdad when the roadside bomb blew up, said Joshua, Adle's cousin. (AP Photo/ Matt
Houston)
Vistors view the coffin of
22-year-old U.S. Marine Juna Lopez, in his hometown of San Luis de la Paz in central
Mexico, Saturday, July 3, 2004. Lopez was killed in an ambush in Iraq June 21. Lopez
emigrated to the United States as a teenager. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
U.S. Marines arrive to the
church during the funeral of 22-year-old U.S. Marine Juan Lopez, 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)
Marines carry the casket of
Marine Cpl. Tommy L. Parker, Jr., after Parker's funeral service, Tuesday, June 29, 2004,
in Heber Springs, Ark. Parker, 21, was killed June 21 in an ambush in Ramadi, Iraq, one of
four Marines to die. He was serving with a sniper platoon of the First Marine Division out
of Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
The cortège of Col. Paul
Schreiber during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, June 9, 2004.
The casket of Col. Paul
Screiber is lifted Heavenward by Marine Corps Body Bearers during his funeral at Arlington
National Cemetery, June 9, 2004.
The casket of Col. Paul
Schreiber is carried by loved ones from St. Rita's Catholic Church in Arlington, VA, May
1, 2004.
U.S. Marines prepare to fold a
flag at the end of a memorial service for U.S. Marine PFC Cody Shea Calavan yesterday in
Everett. The flag was presented to Calavan's father, David.
Before the graveside ceremonies
for Lance Cpl. Kyle W. Codner, one of the folded American flags presented to his family
was laid on the vault near the Marine insignia.
Classmates of Lance Cpl. Kyle W.
Codner carry the casket of their friend to its final resting place at the Shelton Cemetery
Friday afternoon. Codner graduated from Shelton High School in 2003.
Memorial Day : A US
Marine detachment from Annapolis, Maryland assists the 3rd Infantry Old Guard in placing
some 290,000 flags at each headstone in preparation for Memorial Day 27 May, 2004 at
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. (AFP/Tim Sloan)
A U.S. serviceman with
the military's 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment holds the dog-tags of a fallen comrade
after a memorial service in their honor at Camp Baharia near Falluja, Iraq, May 25, 2004.
REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Mourners salute and place
their hands over their hearts as a Marine honor guard carries the flag-draped coffin of
Marine Lance Cpl. Bob W. Roberts, 30, out of the church following funeral services in
Portland, Ore., Wednesday, May 26, 2004. Roberts, who was raised in Portland but lived in
Newport, Ore., was killed May 17 by hostile fire in Iraq's Al Anbar province. (AP
Photo/Don Ryan)
A picture released by the US
Marines shows Lance Cpl. David R. Dahl saying goodbye to his best friend Lance Cpl.
Jeremiah E. Savage during a memorial service at camp Hurricane Point, in Iraq. Continuing
violence saw another US Marine killed in action in the restive province of al-Anbar in
western Iraq(AFP/USMC/File/Paula M. Fitzgerald)
A U.S.
Marine Corps honor guard salutes Cpl. Ronald Payne Jr., May 16, 2004.
The Rev.
G. Michael Bugarin, left, accompanies the grieving Shuder family in the church. Brad
Shuder, a 2001 graduate of Oak Ridge High School, was serving his second tour of duty in
Iraq.
Members of a United States Marines firing
detail march during the funeral for Cpl. Kevin T. Kolm, at the Long Island National
Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York, April 23, 2004. Kolm's grandfather served as a Marine
in World War II and his father served as a Marine in Vietnam. Kevin Kolm, a 23 year old,
third generation Marine, died from hostile fire in Iraq while serving with the 3rd Assault
Amphibious Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. REUTERS/Chip
East
The widow of Marine 2nd Lt.
John T. Wroblewski, Joanna Wroblewski, left, weeps as Captain Martin Lewis, right, hands
the American flag that draped her husband's coffin during a funeral ceremony at Arlington
National Cemetery, Friday, April 23, 2004, in Arlington, Va. Wroblewski, 25, of Oak Ridge,
N.J., died April 6 due to injuries received from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Arroyave is pictured
with his wife, Rachelle, in a photo arrangement at Brennan's home.
Carmenza
Brennan of Woodland wears a locket with pictures of herself and her son, Marine Staff Sgt.
Jimmy Arroyave, who was killed Thursday in a convoy accident in Iraq. "He's my only
son. And he's not only my son, he's my best friend," she says.
Family and friends gather yesterday at a graveside
service in St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston, for Lance Cpl. Matthew K. Serio, the North
Providence Marine killed April 5 near Fallujah, Iraq. A Mass of Christian Burial was held
at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Providence.
Emily Dieruf, center, watched
her husband's coffin being carried from the Cathedral of Christ the King yesterday.
Family members (R) watch as a
Marine Honor Guard carries the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Phillip Frank into Our Saviors
Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights, Illinois, April 17, 2004. Frank died from hostile
fire in the Al Anbar region of Iraqon April 8. REUTERS/Frank Polich
Wearing her cousin's hat, Erika Howard
embraces Brandon Gray, the brother of Torrey Gray, in Patoka, Ill. -- Robert Cohen /
Associated Press
In a moment of reflection,
Corporal William Rodriguez of Virginia Beach, VA, kneels and holds the identification tags
hanging on the rifle, helmet and boots of his dead friend Lance Corporal Levi T. Angell,
during his memorial services at the US Marines base of Camp Fallujah, 50 kms west of
Baghdad.
US Marines of the Combat Service
Support Unit Company 111, of the First Marines Expeditionary Force pray at the memorial
service for their fallen comrade, Lance Corporal Levi T. Angell, at the US Marines base of
Camp Fallujah. The embattled Sunni stronghold of Fallujah was relatively quiet today ahead
of planned talks between the US-led coalition and local leaders as a 48-hour truce
expired.(AFP/Cris Bouroncle)
Emma Roberts is comforted by
her daughter, Angela Roberts-Burton, second from right, after receiving the U.S. flag that
draped the coffin of her son, Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony P. Roberts, during a cermony
inside the pavilion at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Wednesday, April 14, 2004,
in Bear, Del. The 18-year-old Delaware native was killed April 6 in combat in Iraq. (AP
Photo/Dee Marvin)
Marines stand at attention as
the boxed casket of Lance Cpl. Matthew Serio is unloaded from a commercial aircraft
Monday, April 12, 2004 at T.F. Green airport in Warwick, R.I. Serio, 21, was killed in
Anbar province, home to Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, April 5, 2004 after his unit, 1st
Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, arrived to help
quell an uprising, his father said. Serio was hit by shrapnel. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho)
The flag draped coffin of Lance Cpl. Aric J.
Barr, 22, a Marine rifleman killed in combat April 2, 2004, in Iraq, is carried out of St.
Stephen Church by a Marine Honor Guard in Hazelwood, Pa., during his funeral, Monday,
April 12, 2004.
A palm cross and a picture of
Jesus are set on a photo of PFC Christopher Ramos and his wife Dianna.
A Marine Gunnery Sergeant
escorts Dianna Ramos, wife of PFC Christopher Ramos out of Albequerque International
Sunport Wednesday evening.
Diane Layfield mourns the
loss of her son as brother-in-law Gordon Webster comforts her at her home in
Fremont. Dai Sugano / Mercury News
Geneviene Isola, 18, takes a
moment to remember Marine PFC Kyle Crowley at a California High School memorial made by
friends. Chronicle photo by Penni Gladstone
Sheila Cobb holds a photo of her son, U.S.
Marine PFC Christopher Cobb, as she sits with her husband Howell Tuten, center, at their
home Wednesday afternoon, April 7, 2004 in Bradenton, Fla. Cobb, 19, a member of the 2nd
Batallion, 4th Marines was killed in Iraq . Cobb's step-brother, Jim Tuten, sits at far
right. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)
A U.S. Marine honor guard carries the
casket of Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Charles Burgess, 20, of Plymouth, Mass., from Christ Parish
Church, Monday, April 5, 2004 in Plymouth. Burgess, serving with the U.S. Marine 1st
Infantry Division in Iraq, was killed March 25, 2004, due to enemy action near Fallujah,
Iraq. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie)
An U.S. Marine Corps honor guard carries the casket of Cpl. Andrew D.
Brownfield, assigned to the Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, Monday, March 29, 2004, at
Holy Cross Cemetery in Akron, Ohio. Brownfield died March 18, 2004, in a mortar attack at
an air base northwest of Baghdad.
Jessica
Riekenberg, left, Dana Sims, center and Michael Barrett, right, friends of Marine PFC
Brandon Clinton Smith, 20, of Fayetteville, Ark., look on during the military funeral of
Smith at the National Cemetary in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday, March 26, 2004. PFC Smith
was killed March 17, 2004 in Al Qaim, Iraq. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)
Orlando Vicente, left, receives the flag
from the casket of his son, Marine Cpl. David Vicente during funeral services, Saturday,
March 27, 2004, in Methuen, Mass. Seated next to Vicente from left; his wife Celeste, son
Daniel and Cpl. Vicente's fiancee Alexandra Jacobs. Cpl. Vicente, 25, died March 19 in a
clash with insurgents near the town of Hit, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael
Dwyer)
1st Lt. James Kozel and Gunnery Sgt. Bryant Smith arrange a table honoring
the memory of Cpl. Adam Lipford, a tanker with BLT 1/1 who died Feb. 17 during the 13th
MEU (SOC) port visit to Guam. Kozel, who was Lipford's platoon commander, described him as
"head and shoulders above the rest, one of the best Devil Dogs I've had the privilege
to serve with in my career." Photo by: Lance Cpl. Chad H. Leddy