Gallery: Call for a monument to the fallen

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  • A caisson team from the 3rd US Infantry Regiment carries the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Leggett at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Leggett, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, was killed in Kabul on August 20, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • U.S. Army Major. Gen. Harold J. Greene was buried in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, August 14, 2014 with full military honors that included a caisson, two escort platoons, casket team, firing party, colors team, band, a caparisoned horse and a 13 gun (cannon) salute. Dr. Susan Myers is comforted by her son, 1st. Lt. Matthew Greene, and daughter Amelia Greene, left, as she put a rose on the casket at the end of the graveside service. Major Gen. Greene became the highest ranking casualty during the war in Afghanistan after he was killed by an Afghan soldier on August 5th. (Alan Lessig/Staff)
  • Section 60 on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, November 11, 2013. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • Maj. Gen. Clarence Chinn presents the flag to Thea Kurz during the funeral service for her son Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Leggett at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • Family, friends and colleagues attend a funeral service for Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Leggett at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Leggett, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, was killed in Kabul on August 20, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment conduct a funeral service for Army Sgt. Peter C. Bohler in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Thursday, January 23, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • A friend, who wished to remain unidentified, of Silver Star recipient Marine Maj. Douglas Zembiec visits his grave in Section 60 on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, November 11, 2013. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • A soldier from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places flags in front of graves in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Thursday, May 22, 2014. The annual flags-in tradition has been conducted since 1948 when the Old Guard was designated the Army’s official ceremonial unit. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • A caisson carries the remains of Army Sgt. Peter C. Bohler in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Thursday, January 23, 2014. Bohler died in Afghanistan in December. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • Francesca Graham and Charles Skinner visit the grave of Army Capt. John Dennison, a West Point classmate of Graham’s, in Section 60 on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, November 11, 2013. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • A caisson team from the 3rd US Infantry Regiment carries the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Leggett at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Leggett, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, was killed in Kabul on August 20, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • John Jones and Mary Jane McWilliams of Frederick, Md., visit their son Marine Sgt. David James Smith on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, November 11, 2013. Smith died on Jan. 26, 2010 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • Soldiers with an honor guard from the 3rd US Infantry Regiment carry the cremated remains of Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Leggett at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff)
  • Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. John Paxton stands in Section 60 on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, November 11, 2013. (Mike Morones/Staff)