Members of the Patriot Guard of Western Colorado hold flags during the funeral services for U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden.

U.S. Army Honor Guard members fire their rifles during the services for U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden.

Members of the Patriot Guard of Western Colorado hold flags during the funeral services for U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden.

Military service personnel salute the casket of of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden during military services at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado.

Two-year-old Dusti-Rai Ferrin, the daughter of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden who was killed in action in the Kunar providence Afghanistan Nov. 7, 2010, walks past her father’s casket during services at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction.

A U.S. Army Honor Guard member helps carrythe casket of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden.

A pair of U.S. Army Honor Guard members carry folded flags during the funeral for U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden who was killed in action in the Kunar providence Afghanistan on Nov. 7 at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado.

Hotchkiss residents and school children gather downtown for the funeral procession for U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden.

U.S. Army Brigadier General Kurt S. Story salutes the casket of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden who was killed in action in the Kunar providence Afghanistan Nov. 7, at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction.

Hotchkiss residents and school children gather downtown for the funeral procession for U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden.

Photo by William Woody—A U.S. Army Honor Guard carries the casket of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden who was killed in action in the Kunar providence Afghanistan on Nov. 7, 2010, during military services at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction Colo., Wednesday morning Nov. 17, 2010.

School students line second street in Hotchkiss Colo., for the funeral procession for U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden.

A U.S. Army Honor Guard prepares for services for U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden who was killed in action in the Kunar providence Afghanistan Nov. 7, 2010, as planes fly over during military services at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction.

Military service personnel salute the casket of of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden during military services at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction Wednesday morning Nov. 17, 2010.

The dog tag of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden who was killed in action in the Kunar providence Afghanistan Nov. 7, 2010, hangs from his casket during military services at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction Wednesday morning Nov. 17, 2010.

School students line second street in Hotchkiss Colo., for the funeral procession for U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden.

Two-year-old Dusti-Rai Ferrin, the daughter of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden who was killed in action in the Kunar providence Afghanistan Nov. 7, 2010, releases a dove with her grandmother Yvonne Featheringill at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction WEdnesday morning Nov. 17, 2010.

School students line second street in Hotchkiss Colo., for the funeral procession for U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden.

Military service personnel salute the casket of of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttende during military services at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction.

Two-year-old Dusti-Rai Ferrin, the daughter of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden who was killed in action in the Kunar providence Afghanistan Nov. 7, 2010, accepts a flag from U.S. Army Brigadier General Kurt S. Story at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction Wednesday morning Nov. 17, 2010. Ferrin sits in the lap of her grandmother Yvonne Featheringill, Cruttenden’s mother and next Scott Featheringill, Aaron’s step father.

A U.S. Army Honor Guard member walks in the snow in preparation for the arrival of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.

Snow accumulates on the hat of former U.S. Marine and Vietnam Veteran “Speedy,” at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.

A U.S. Army Honor Guard member and a funeral home employee work to position a hearse for the arrival of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.

Snow flakes accumulate on the hat of a Western Slope Honor Guard member at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.

Members of the Montrose Veterans of Foreign Wars and Western Slope Honor Guard walk to position themselves for the arrival the casket of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.

Members of a U.S. Army honor guard salute the casket of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.

Members of the Montrose Veterans of Foreign Wars and Western Slope honor guard wait the casket of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden to arrive at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.

Members of a U.S. Army honor guard salute the casket of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.

Members of a U.S. Army honor guard carry the casket of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.

Black Canyon Jet Center employees Katy Brink, left, and Judy Conn break down as the casket of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden arrives at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.

Members of a U.S. Army honor guard carry the casket of U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Cruttenden at the Montrose Regional Airport Monday morning.