Aaron Reed memorial event helping local organizations
By ASHLEY PHILLIPS
Gazette Staff Writer
Remembering her son on his 25th birthday Saturday was a bittersweet feeling for Sara Duvall.
Duvall's son, Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron Reed, of Chillicothe, was 21 when he was killed Aug. 3, 2005, when an explosive device detonated under his vehicle near Haditha, Iraq.
All day Saturday friends, family and people of the community came out to the fourth annual Aaron Reed Veterans Awareness Benefit to honor him at the Chillicothe Elks Lodge 52.
Filled with music, games and tournaments people from the community came out to show their support for the benefit.
Since the benefit started in 2005, organizers have been donating money to various organizations such as Blue Star Mothers (an organization for mothers who have lost sons in the military), Scioto Valley Habitat for Humanity, Lima Company, Ohio Flags of Honor and the Aaron Reed Scholarship Fund at Southeastern High School.
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