Another fallen hero...

Nancy Smyth, mother of Army Sgt. Adam Kennedy, center background, her husband David Kennedy, right, and her youngest son Colin Kennedy, left, follow Adam Kennedy's casket out of St. Jude Church in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Kennedy, 25, was killed by an improvised explosive device in Iraq.

One of the deadliest single ground attacks on US forces since the start of the war in Iraq occurred Monday when nine soldiers were killed near Baqubah.

(Photo: Stephan Savoia / AP