Members of the Indiana Honor Guard move the body of Spc. Sergio E. Perez into Burns Funeral Home in Crown Point while family and friends observe on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media

The hearse containing the body of Indiana National Guard Spc. Sergio Perez leaves the Indiana National Guard Armory in a procession from the Gary Chicago Airport in Gary, Ind., Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Perez was killed in an attack last week while serving in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. | Guy Rhodes~For Sun-Times Media

Patriot Guard member Stephanie Santaquilani of Crown Point, Ind., places her hand over her heart as the procession of fallen Indiana National Guard Spc. Sergio Perez leaves the Indiana National Guard Armory at the Gary Chicago Airport in Gary, Ind., Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Perez, a Crown Point resident, was killed in an attack last week while serving in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. | Guy Rhodes~For Sun-Times Media

Members of various law enforcement agencies followed by the Patriot Guard escort the body of Spc. Sergio E. Perez to Crown Point for memorial services on Wednesday July 25, 2012. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media

The Hearst containing the body of Spc. Sergio E. Perez is escorted down Cline Ave in Hammond by members of various law enforcement agencies and the Patriot Guard on their way to Crown Point for memorial services on Wednesday July 25, 2012. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media

The body of Spc. Sergio E. Perez is escorted by a Merrillville Fire Department truck painted with an American flag as he arrives at the Burns Funeral Home in Crown Point, IN on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media

A Crown Point police officer salutes as the body of Spc. Sergio E. Perez passes in Crown Point on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media

Family members follow one of the Indiana Honor Guard into the Burns Funeral Home in Crown Point on Wednesday July 25, 2012. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media

A charter jet containing the body of fallen Indiana National Guard Spc. Sergio Perez arrives at the Indiana National Guard Armory at the Gary Chicago Airport in Gary, Ind., Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Perez, a Crown Point resident, was killed in an attack last week while serving in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. | Guy Rhodes~For Sun-Times Media

Family and friends of Spc. Sergio E. Perez watch as the the Honor Guard moves his body inside the Burns Funeral Home in Crown Point on Wednesday July 25, 2012. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media

Members of the Patriot Guard Riders make up the procession of fallen Indiana National Guard Spc. Sergio Perez as it leaves the Indiana National Guard Armory in a procession from the Gary Chicago Airport in Gary, Ind., Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Perez was killed in an attack last week while serving in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. | Guy Rhodes~For Sun-Times Media

Members of the Patriot Guard Riders head west on Industrial Highway from the Gary Chicago Airport in the procession of fallen Indiana National Guard Spc. Sergio Perez in Gary, Ind., Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Perez, 21, a Crown Point resident, was killed in an attack last week while serving in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. | Guy Rhodes~For Sun-Times Media

Pins adorn the vest of Patriot Guard member Stephanie Santaquilani of Crown Point, Ind., at the procession of fallen Indiana National Guard Spc. Sergio Perez outside the Gary Chicago Airport in Gary, Ind., Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Perez, 21, a Crown Point resident, was killed in an attack last week while serving in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. | Guy Rhodes~For Sun-Times Media

Sergio Perez is shown in a 2010 Lake Central High School yearbook as a senior Tuesday July 17, 2012. Spc. Sergio E. Perez, Jr. of Crown Point died Monday during patrol in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan, along with another soldier from Berne, Ind. | provided photo~Sun-Times Media

Spc. Sergio E. Perez, Jr. of the 713th Engineer Company of the Indiana Army National Guard. | Provided Photo~Sun-Times Media