he Towse family, Jim, Jamie, Will, 20, Callan, 17, and Christian, 14, watch as members of the Utah Army National Guard Funeral Honors Team carry Elk Ridge Army medic Cody Towse’s flag-draped casket at the Provo Municipal Airport Wednesday May 29, 2013. Towse, 21, died May 14 near Sanjaray, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated as he rushed to provide medical care to a wounded soldier. He was one of four soldiers on foot patrol who died in a series of four IED blasts that day, including two men assigned with Towse to the 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division from Fort Bliss, Texas.

Jim, Jamie and Will Towse look at Elk Ridge Army medic Cody Towse’s flag-draped casket at the Provo Municipal Airport Wednesday May 29, 2013.

The Towse family, Jim, Jamie, Will, 20, Callan, 17, and Christian, 14, watch as members of the Utah Army National Guard Funeral Honors Team carry Elk Ridge Army medic Cody Towse’s flag-draped casket at the Provo Municipal Airport Wednesday May 29, 2013.

Friends and community members watch and take pictures as the body of Elk Ridge Army medic Cody Towse is driven to his home along Elk Ridge Drive Wednesday May 29, 2013. Towse, 21, died May 14 near Sanjaray, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated as he rushed to provide medical care to a wounded soldier. He was one of four soldiers on foot patrol who died in a series of four IED blasts that day, including two men assigned with Towse to the 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division from Fort Bliss, Texas.

Jamie Towse touches the flag-draped casket of her son Army medic Cody Towse at their Elk Ridge home Wednesday May 29, 2013.