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A Military honor guard carries a casket containg the body of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Thompson into a waiting hearse at the Mankato Regional Airport, Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Thompson was killed August 6, 2007 when a bomb exploded while he was doing house-to-house searches with his unit in Iraq. His funeral is scheduled for Saturday, August 18, 2007 AP PHOTO/MANKATO FREE PRESS.John Cross.