Sixteen-month-old Aubrey Melton reaches for her father SSG Josh Melton as she views his remains with her mother Larissa before his funeral service June 27, 2009 in Germantown, Illinois. SSG Melton, who was serving in Afghanistan with the Illinois National Guard, was killed in Kandahar during an IED attack June 19. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)[2009 in photos (part 1 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com]
I definitely just started crying.
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Sixteen-month-old Aubrey Melton reaches for her father SSG Josh Melton as she views his remains with her mother Larissa before his funeral service June 27, 2009 in Germantown, Illinois. SSG Melton, who was serving in Afghanistan with the Illinois National Guard, was killed in Kandahar during an IED attack June 19. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
[2009 in photos (part 1 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com]
I definitely just started crying.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kunyssAOco1qz9nowo1_500.jpg)