Jack Winter holds a picture of his nephew Aaron Toppen as family and friends gather to grieve at Toppen's mother's home on June 10, 2014 in Mokena, Illinois. Soldiers arrived at the home the night before to inform Pam Toppen that her 19-year-old son Aaron was one of five U.S and one Afghan soldiers killed in what is believed to be a friendly-fire incident during a firefight in Zabul Province. Afghanistan, on June 9, 2014. #

Jack Winter stands alongside a flag, a statue of a soldier and a yellow ribbon that decorate the front of his sister's home as family and friends drop by to help her grieve the death of her son Aaron on June 10, 2014 in Mokena, Illinois. #

Soldiers pay last respects to two fallen heroes from Dagger Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division during a memorial ceremony June 13 at the chapel on Forward Operating Base Apache, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Remembered were Cpl. Justin Clouse of Spokane, Washington, and Pfc. Aaron Toppen of Hazel Crest, Illinois, both of whom died in combat June 10, 2014. #

A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Pfc Aaron S. Toppen, of Mokena, Illinois, during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on June 12, 2014. #

Airman First Class Travis Beebe secures the door of a transfer vehicle carrying the remains of Cpl. Justin R. Clouse, Spc. Justin R. Helton, and Pvt. Aaron S. Toppen as they are carried away in a transfer vehicle during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on June 12, 2014. #

Amy Toppen (2nd from Left) holds her mother Pamela Toppen as they walk alongside the aircraft carrying the remains of Army Pfc. Aaron Toppen, their brother and son, after its arrival at Midway Airport on June 21, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Toppen, 19, was killed alongside four other American Soldiers and an Afghan soldier in a friendly fire airstrike during a firefight earlier this month in Afghanistan. The remains were being returned for burial in his hometown of Mokena, Illinois. #

A member of the flight crew pays his respects to Army Pfc. Aaron Toppen after his remains were taken off an aircraft at Midway Airport where they were returned to his family for burial on June 21, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. #

Soldiers carry the remains of Army Pfc. Aaron Toppen past family members to a hearse after they arrived at Midway Airport on a charter aircraft from Dover Air Force Base on June 21, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. #

Pamela Toppen (right) gets a hug from her mother Betty Winter after the remains of her son Pfc. Aaron Toppen were loaded into a hearse on June 21, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. #

U.S. Army Sgt. Brant Sharp waits outside a chapel at Vandenberg Funeral Home as family members spend a quiet moment with the remains of Pfc. Aaron Toppen on June 22, 2014 in Mokena, Illinois. Sharp, who is stationed with Toppen, is assigned to escort his remains until he is buried on Tuesday. #

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Dan Wilson (left) and funeral director Ed Hickey carry the uniform of Pfc. Aaron Toppen, which will be displayed next to the closed casket during a visitation service at Parkview Christian Church on June 23, 2014 in Mokena, Illinois. #

Jackie Rozek spends a quiet moment with the remains of her long-time boyfriend, U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron Toppen in a chapel at Vandenberg Funeral Home on June 22, 2014 in Mokena, Illinois. #

On June 23, 2014, Pamela Toppen stands next to the uniform of her son, U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron Toppen, while she greets mourners during a visitation at Parkview Christian Church in Mokena, Illinois. #

Jackie Rozek fights back tears after she is presented with a flag by members of the Patriot Guard Rider to honor her boyfriend, U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron Toppen during a visitation at Parkview Christian Church on June 23, 2014. #