In this undated photo provided by the Washington National Guard, Sgt. Damien Ficek is shown in uniform while serving in active duty with the Washington National Guard. Ficek was killed Dec. 30, 2004 as a result of hostile action in Baghdad, Iraq. (Ficek graduated from Beaverton High School in Oregon and was a resident of Pullman, Wash. (AP Photo/Courtesy Washington National Guard)
A World War II veteran who wished to remain unidentified looks at the Tracy War Memorial in Tracy, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. Soldiers Joseph Menusa, Steven Bridges, Patrick McCaffrey, and Jesse Martinez, all from Tracy, have died in Iraq. Tracy, about 50 miles east of San Francisco, has among the highest rates of Iraq war deaths per-capita in California. Residents of this fast-growing suburb feel they've had more than their share of memorial services. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Iraqi men stand over the graves of their families after burying them in a yard in the western city of Falluja, January 2, 2005. Lakes of sewage in the streets and the smell of corpses inside charred buildings is are one of the first things a person will notice while walking into the city of Falluja, about six weeks after the end of the U.S.-led offensive against the city. REUTERS/Akram Saleh
An Iraqi man in a mosque cries over a coffin of one who was killed by a car bomb near Balad in Iraq, January 2, 2005. A suicide car bomb hit a bus carrying Iraqi National Guards on Sunday, killing 22 people in the deadliest attack of its kind in nearly four months on Iraqis cooperating with U.S. forces to secure a January 30 election. REUTERS via Reuters TV
Michael and Margaret Dostie (C rear) follow firefighters carrying the casket containing the remains of their son, Maine Army National Guard Sergeant Thomas Dostie, after his funeral in South China, Maine December 31, 2004. Sergeant Dostie, a volunteer firefighter, was among 22 soldiers and civilians killed in an explosion in their dining hall December 21 in Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Theresa Poulin (4th L at rear) follows the casket of her son, Maine Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Lynn Poulin, out of the Notre Dame Church after funeral services in Waterville, Maine December 30, 2004. Sergeant Poulin was among 22 soldiers and civilians killed in an explosion in their dining hall December 21 in Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Brian Snyder