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Fallen soldier's flag-draped homecoming

  • Army Spc. Gerardo Campos, killed in Afghanistan June 2, was awarded a posthumous Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

  • The remains of U.S. Army SPC Gerardo Campos, killed in Afghanistan on June 2, arrive at Homestead Air Base from Dover AFB, Del. Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lou Burton and senior Airman Jacob Jimenez salute as hearse passes. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD

  • The remains of U.S. Army SPC Gerardo Campos, killed in Afghanistan on June 2, arrive at Homestead Air Base from Dover AFB, Del. Tuesday, June 12, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMII HERALD

  • The remains of U.S. Army SPC Gerardo Campos, killed in Afghanistan on June 2, arrive at Homestead Air Base from Dover AFB, Del. Tuesday, June 12, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD

  • The remains of U.S. Army SPC Gerardo Campos, killed in Afghanistan on June 2, arrive at Homestead Air Base from Dover AFB, Del. Tuesday, June 12, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD

  • The remains of U.S. Army SPC Gerardo Campos, killed in Afghanistan on June 2, arrive at Homestead Air Base from Dover AFB, Del. Tuesday, June 12, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD

  • The remains of U.S. Army SPC Gerardo Campos, killed in Afghanistan on June 2, arrive at Homestead Air Base from Dover AFB, Del. Tuesday, June 12, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD

  • A Miami-Dade police escort accompanies the hearse carrying the remains of U.S. Army SPC Gerardo Campos, killed in Afghanistan on June 2, as it depart Homestead Air Base on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD

  • A Miami-Dade police escort accompanies the hearse carrying the remains of U.S. Army SPC Gerardo Campos, killed in Afghanistan on June 2, as it depart Homestead Air Base on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD

  • A Miami-Dade police escort accompanies the hearse carrying the remains of U.S. Army SPC Gerardo Campos, killed in Afghanistan on June 2, as it depart Homestead Air Base on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD

  • At the Homestead air base Tuesday, June 12, 2012, family members of Army Spc. Gerardo Campos walk to await a jet bearing the fallen soldier's remains from Dover AFB, Del. Camps, 23, was killed in Afghanistan June 2, leaving behind a widow and 10-month-old daugher. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Army Spc. Gerardo Campos during a dignified transfer on his return to U.S. soil at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Monday, June 4, 2012. ANN HEISENFELT / ASSOCIATED PRESS

  • An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Army Spc. Gerardo Campos during a dignified transfer on his return to U.S. soil at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Monday, June 4, 2012. ANN HEISENFELT / ASSOCIATED PRESS

  • An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Army Spc. Gerardo Campos during a dignified transfer on his return to U.S. soil at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Monday, June 4, 2012. ANN HEISENFELT / ASSOCIATED PRESS

  • An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Army Spc. Gerardo Campos during a dignified transfer on his return to U.S. soil at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Monday, June 4, 2012. ANN HEISENFELT / ASSOCIATED PRESS