and unfortunately, he passed in september. reporter: heath kelly spent years overseas on active duty, and then became a major in the national guard, so he could be closer to his wife, tracy and their children. but soon after, a gunman opened fire at a local restaurant, killing kelly and three others while they were eating breakfast. his daughter, cassidy, was only 4 years old at the time. he was a really nice person. he always did the right thing. and he was a really fun dad. reporter: now, through the nonprofit program active valor, gold star kids can be paired with individual veteran mentors like andrew. it almost is the reason why i joined the military in the first place, is a sense of brotherhood and taking care of our own. i ll never be a step-in for his dad, but i will be a brother of his. reporter: the program also gives peace of mind to parents such as tracy. we want our kids to know that, you know, just because we lost our person, they don t have to go through this
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telling officers in carson city, nevada, telling them not to wear the uniforms off base. they say the mentally disturbed gunman was not targeting the military when he killed four people including three national guard soldiers before turning his ak-47 on himself. now, if you want to hear this disturbing 911 call, i want to warn you that you can hear the gunshots as we play it. and the soldiers who died, major heath kelly who served in iraq. sergeant first class miranda mckeling, i hope i m saying that correct that served 14 years and sergeant first class christian reige who fought in afghanistan. also killed, 67-year-old