Monica McNeal (L) reaches out to touch the headstone of her 19-year-old son Eric Ward's grave alongside family friend Molly Pannell at at Arlington National Cemetery, May 27, 2010. [Photo/Agencies]
A US Marine leans on the headstone of a comrade recently buried in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, May 27, 2010. A US flag was placed at the gravesites of all the servicemen and women buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, in preparation for Memorial Day this weekend. [Photo/Agencies]