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Dracut bids hero farewell: State's first war casualty is laid to rest by Tom Farmer Wednesday, April 16, 2003 Sadly pondering the immeasurable price of freedom, the town of Dracut solemnly and proudly bid farewell yesterday to the first Massachusetts serviceman killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom as Specialist Mathew G. Boule was laid to rest amid the crack of rifle volleys and the piercing notes of ``Taps.'' Wiping away tears and with the comforting hands of one of her sons on her shoulders, Boule's mother, Suellen, and her husband, Leo, accepted the Bronze Star and Purple Heart from Brig. Gen....

Miyuki Cawley, the wife of U.S. Marine Staff Sgt James Cawley, holds the flag from her husband's casket in her lap during graveside services at the Roy City Cemetery Thursday, April 10, 2003 in Roy, Utah. Cawley died March 29, 2003 while serving in Iraq and also was a member of the Salt Lake City police force. Bishop Jaime Soto is shown Friday, April 11, 2003, at St. Joaquim Catholic Church in Costa Mesa, Calif., at the funeral of U.S. Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, shown in foreground. Garibay was killed March 23, 2003, after encountering Iraqi troops near...

Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.