Family, friends, military bid farewell to fallen Army pilot

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Family, friends, military bid farewell to fallen Army pilot
By: Associated Press & Stars & Stripes - December 10, 2019
Re: https://www.stripes.com/news/army/fa...pilot-1.610573

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Family members of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk T. Fuchigami Jr. look up as Apache helicopters fly over graveside services at Brigham City Cemetery, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Brigham, Utah. From front, left to right: Kirk Fuchigami, father; Jana Lee Hunsaker Norman, mother-in-law; McKenzie Norman Fuchigami, wife; and Lisa Marie Casey, mother. Army pilot Fuchigami and his co-pilot died when their helicopter crashed Nov. 20 as they provided security for troops on the ground in eastern Logar Province outside of Kabul. Afghanistan. - by: STEVE GRIFFIN, THE DESERET NEWS/AP

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah — Hundreds of people in northern Utah including the Patriot Guard, military personnel and law enforcement officials have attended the funeral service and burial of a 25-year-old Army helicopter pilot killed in a crash in Afghanistan.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk T. Fuchigami Jr. was one of two Army pilots killed in the Nov. 20 crash while providing aerial security to ground troops in eastern Logar Province outside of Kabul.

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McKenzie Norman Fuchigami, wife of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk T. Fuchigami Jr., rests her hand on her husband's casket during graveside services at the Brigham City Cemetery in Utah on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. - By: STEVE GRIFFIN, THE DESERET NEWS/AP

Officials say Fuchigami was laid to rest with full military honors Monday at Brigham City Cemetery including a 21-gun salute and a military aircraft flyover.

Officials say his widow and parents received the folded flags and spent casings from the 21-gun salute.

Fuchigami was a native of Hawaii whose wife, McKenzie Norman, is from Utah.

Fuchigami was assigned to a 1st Cavalry Division aviation unit from Fort Hood, Texas.

Fuchigami graduated from Rancho High School in Clark County, Nevada, participating in its aviation program.

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Personal note: We at the Patriot Files send our respects to the Family - Friends and the US Army for their loss. May he Rest In Peace.

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