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Dorothy Halvorsen, second from right, mother of Army helicopter pilot Erik Halvorsen who died in Iraq, is escorted from the 2nd Congregtional Church in Bennington, Vt., by retired Navy Capt. Robert Weeks after her son's funeral, Thursday, April 17, 2003. Halvorsen, a warrant officer, was among six soldiers killed when the helicopter they were on went down near Karbala, Iraq, on April 2. The Army is still investigating the cause of the crash but it occurred in an area where ground forces were involvedin heavy combat.(AP Photo/Jim McKnight)

Thu Apr 17, 4:51 PM ET

Dorothy Halvorsen, second from right, mother of Army helicopter pilot Erik Halvorsen who died in Iraq (news - web sites), is escorted from the 2nd Congregtional Church in Bennington, Vt., by retired Navy Capt. Robert Weeks after her son's funeral, Thursday, April 17, 2003. Halvorsen, a warrant officer, was among six soldiers killed when the helicopter they were on went down near Karbala, Iraq, on April 2. The Army is still investigating the cause of the crash but it occurred in an area where ground forces were involvedin heavy combat.(AP Photo/Jim McKnight)

Thu Apr 17, 3:54 PM ET

A Marine Honor Guard carries the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams prior to his funeral Thursday, April 17, 2003 in Phoenix. Williams, 31, a 60mm mortar forward observer with the 2nd Expeditionary Brigade from Camp Lejeune, N.C., was killed near Nasiriyah, Iraq (news - web sites) in March when his unit was ambushed after being lost in a sand storm.(AP Photo/Matt York)

Thu Apr 17, 5:24 PM ET

Sandy Watson, left, mother of Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, and Williams' fiance, Heather Strange, mourn during a funeral service for Williams at the National Memorial Cemetery in north Phoenix. Williams, 31, died on March 23 while his unit attempted to secure a bridgehead southeast of Nasiriyah. (AP Photo/Cheryl Evans, Pool)