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The commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Col. Bill Ostlund, consoles the parents of Sgt. Aaron Scales, Aaron Sr. and Rosalind Scales, who traveled to the memorial from the Pittsburg area. Their son died unexpectedly Jun. 13 while conducting physical training during the basic phase of his Officer Candidate School training at Fort Benning, Ga. Scales, a Fire Direction Specialist assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment prior to becoming an officer candidate, collapsed near the finish of a five-mile run. Despite efforts of emergency medical personnel he was never revived and pronounced dead at Martin Army Community Hospital due to cardiac arrest.