Kathrine Muller closes her eyes during the national anthem during a deployment ceremony in Burlington, Vt., Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Her son, Pvt. Adam Muller, 21, a gunner with the 10th Mountain Division who died in Nov 2007 when a ...

Kathrine Muller, left is comforted by Marion Gray during a deployment ceremony in Burlington, Vt., Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Muller lost her son, Pvt. Adam Muller, 21, who died in Nov 2007 when a roadside bomb blew up near the ...