AP - Sat Oct 1, 4:32 PM ET
Jenifer Lackamy of Cambridge, Vt., left, Colleen Ward of Barre,
Vt., second from left, Heather Gingras of East Hardwick, Vt., and
Christyn Sargent of Waterbury Center, Vt., right, hold each other
for support as pallbearers fold the flag over the casket during
funeral services, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, in Waterbury, Vt., for
National Guard Spc. Scott McLaughlin, 29, from Hardwick, Vt., who
was killed, Sept. 22, 2005, by a sniper's bullet while serving in
Iraq. The husbands of Lockamy and Ward were both serving in Iraq
with McLaughlin. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)
