ABC 7 News
August 30, 2014
(Courtesy John Downs, Mokena village administrator)
MOKENA, Ill. (WLS) -- Residents gathered for a ceremony Saturday to officially re-name a portion of a Mokena road for fallen soldier Aaron Toppen.
Mokena and Frankfort townships re-named part of Townline Road "PFC Aaron Toppen Memorial Drive," which leads to the Toppen family's home.
Toppen was one of four service members killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan on June 9. He was 19.
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AARON TOPPEN, MOKENA SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN, LAID TO REST
Senior Pastor Dr. Tim Harlow said the young soldier died doing what he wanted to do.
"He had a tattoo on his chest that had a cross with dog tags draped across. It says, 'For those I love, I sacrifice,' an army motto. The dog tags were both his grandparents' dog tags," Harlow said. "I mean, that's who he was."
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