Flag-draped coffin is carried from St. Elizabeth Church in M

UNITED STATES - AUGUST 24: Flag-draped coffin is carried from St. Elizabeth Church in Manhattan after funeral services for Army Spec. Jose Ruiz. Ruiz, 28, who was assigned to the 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, was killed Aug. 15 by insurgents in a drive-by shooting in Iraq, just two weeks before he was to come home. Ruiz is the fourth alumnus of Long Island's Brentwood High to be killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past three years. (Photo by Susan Watts/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)