Terror attack victims buried at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Va. -- In the shadow of the Pentagon's charred flank, the Navy buried two of the officers killed in the terrorist attack on the building.

After the funerals Thursday, there are now four people killed in the attack buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Another 21 funerals are scheduled for the next three weeks, said Barbara Owens, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, which runs the cemetery.

Cmdr. Patrick Dunn, 39, and Lt. Cmdr. Otis Vincent Tolbert, 38, were among the 189 people killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon. Dunn was originally from Fords, N.J., and Tolbert from Lemoore, Calif.

Tolbert's wife, Shari, and their three young children -- Amanda, Anthony and Brittany -- attended the service.

At Dunn's funeral, Navy chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Bob Keane said Dunn brightened the lives of people around him by being "happy, sharing, caring, patient and professional."

Sitting at the front of the chapel was Dunn's wife Stephanie, who is two months pregnant with their first child.

The location of the burial sites near the Pentagon has no symbolic meaning, Owens said. The area was chosen because it is an active burial site and is away from the areas visited by tourists.

Two Army funerals were held earlier this week, including one for a civilian, the wife of a retired Army officer, Owens said.

Some survivors of civilian employees who were killed want them laid to rest at the cemetery despite rules making them ineligible. Several families have asked for waivers of the rules, Owens said.

Military rules say burial at the 612-acre site is only open to active military duty personnel, military retirees, reserve personnel receiving retirement pay, presidents and former presidents, recipients of the Medal of Honor and the military's other highest decorations, and former prisoners of war.

Spouses and dependent children of eligible military personnel also are qualified, as are spouses of those lost at sea or missing in action.