Town Pays Tribute As Afghanistan Death Toll Passes 100

WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 08: John Amer, (R) father of Acting Sergeant John Paxton Amer, 30, of 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, reacts as the hearse carrying his son's coffin passes on December 8, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England. The repatriation Acting Sergeant John Paxton Amer came on the day the MoD was expected to release the name of a British soldier was shot dead yesterday in Afghanistan, taking the total number killed there this year to 100. The total number of UK troops killed since the start of operations in Afghanistan in October 2001 has now reached 237. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)