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British Black Watch bag piper Paul Colville of Glasgow Scotland plays during a memorial service for the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton California. REUTERS/Mike Blake

	Marine Corporal Jacob Fales reacts as his mother Glenda lunges toward the casket of her son Marine Corporal Adam Fales, brother of Jacob and James, left, during the burial service for Adam Friday afternoon at Straight Mountain Baptist Church in Oneonta.
	Gunnery Sgt. Jorge Miranda, right, and Gunnery Sgt. Paul Faulkner knelt to pray during the funeral for Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas on Tuesday at St. Ignatius Catholic Church.
	Marines carry the casket of U.S. Marine Sgt. Jeremy E. Murray to the funeral service being held for him at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery located in Rittman on Rawiga Rd. In the foreground is a rifle and helmet seen at military funerals.
	The 3-feet-by-8-feet banners being placed on light poles around San Clemente, California, include a picture of a service member who was killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, the person’s name, rank, hometown, when and where the individual was killed, and a few words about the person. Photo courtesy of American Heroes Tribute
	Sad to the depths of him, 4 year old Jack Shanaberger knew what he didn't want to be when he grows up: .....a father. "I don't want to be a daddy because daddies die," the child solemnly told his mother after his father, Staff Sergeant Wentz "Baron" Shanaberger, a military policeman from Fort Pierce, Florida was killed.
	Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Stoneman cuddles his newborn son for the first time.

2nd Lieutenant Jim Cathey
	Marines remove the body of 2nd Lieutenant Jim Cathey, 24, from a commercial flight to Reno, Nevada, as passengers watch.
	Clinging to Major Beck, Katherine Cathey of Brighton, Colorado, breaks down at the sight of the coffin of her husband Jim, a second lieutenant killed by a booby trap in Al Karmah.
	Katherine Cathey weeps on her husband’s casket at the Reno airport as Major Beck comforts her. Later, Christmas came early for Katherine Cathey in the form of her baby, who was born James Jeffrey Cathey Jr.
	On the eve of the funeral, Katherine insisted on sleeping next to Jim’s body, so the Marines arranged a bed and offered to stand guard through the night.
	Jim Cathey’s father, Jeff, hugs a Marine as his son’s funeral nears. “Someone asked me what I learned from my son,” he said. “He taught me you need more than one friend”
	Major Beck hugs his kids Stephen, 2, and Lindsey and Abigail, both 4. After one burial, “all I wanted to do was play with my children,” he says.
	Air Force Major, Chaplain, Tom Westall comforts Ethan Andrews, 9, during funeral service for his father Master Sergeant Evander Andrews