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This 2005 yearbook photo provided by Voegele Photography Studio in Highland, Ill., shows Aaron Ripperda as a student at Highland High School. Ripperda, 26, was one of seven Marines killed Monday, March 18, 2013, when a mortar shell exploded at the Hawthorne Army Depot in Hawthorne, Nev. The explosion at the sprawling facility involved the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune. Eight others were injured in the accident. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Voegele Photography Studio)
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marines shows Pfc. Joshua M. Martino of Clearfield, Pa. Martino, 19, was killed with six other Marines in an explosion during a Nevada training exercise on Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Marines)
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marines shows Lance Cpl. Roger W. Muchnick Jr. of Fairfield, Conn. Muchnick, 23, was killed with six other Marines in an explosion during a Nevada training exercise on Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Marines)
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marines shows Lance Cpl. David P. Fenn II of Polk City, Fla. Penn, 20, was killed with six other Marines in an explosion during a Nevada training exercise on Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Marines)
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marines shows Lance Cpl. Mason J. Vanderwork of Hickory, N.C. Vanderwork, 21, was killed with six other Marines in an explosion during a Nevada training exercise on Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Marines)
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marines shows Cpl. Aaron J. Ripperda of Madison, Ill. Ripperda, 26, was killed with six other Marines in an explosion during a Nevada training exercise on Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Marines)
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marines shows Lance Cpl. Joshua C. Taylor of Marietta, Ohio. Taylor, 21, was killed with six other Marines in an explosion during a Nevada training exercise on Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Marines)
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marines shows Lance Cpl. William T. Wild IV, of Anne Arundel, Md. Wild, 21, was killed with six other Marines in an explosion during a Nevada training exercise on Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Marines)
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marines shows Cpl. Aaron Ripperda of Highland, Ill. Ripperda was killed with six other Marines in an explosion during a Nevada training exercise on Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Marines)
Marine Aaron Ripperda of Highland, Ill. is remembered with flags at half mast in nearby downtown Marine, Ill., where his father lives, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Ripperda was killed with six other Marines in an explosion during a Nevada training exercise on Monday. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)
Parents protest outside the home of Chicago's Board of Education President David Vitale’s house Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Chicago. Teachers say the city of Chicago has begun informing teachers, principals and local officials about which public schools it intends to close under a contentious plan that opponents say will disproportionately affect minority students in the nation's third largest school district. Chicago Public Schools hasn't said how many schools or students will be affected, but administrators identified up to 129 schools that could be shuttered, saying many serve too few students to justify remaining open. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The sun sets behind the downtown Kansas City, Mo. skyline as above average temperatures returned to the region Thursday, March 14, 2013. Government forecasters say much of the United States can expect a warm spring and persistent drought. The National Weather Service said Thursday, March 21, 2013 above-normal temperatures are predicted across most of the Lower 48 states and northern Alaska. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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