INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH. THE SHERIFF SAYS WHILE THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN…FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED. TODAY THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD IS HONORING ONE OF THE FALLEN ARMY AVIATORS INVOLVED IN LAST MONTH’S FATAL HELICOPTER CRASH. THE BURIAL PROCESSION IS FOR CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER BRYAN ANDREW ZEMEK. IT WILL START AT 7 THIS MORNING AS IT LEAVES THE CITY OF FULTON. IT WILL ARRIVE AT THE 172D AIRLIFT WING IN FLOWOOD. THERE…THE HONORS TEAM WILL COMPLETE PLANE SIDE HONORS IN PREPARATION FO
Procession held to honor Mississippi guardsman killed in helicopter crash
Updated: 9:43 AM CDT Mar 19, 2024
The Mississippi National Guard honored one of the fallen Army aviators killed in last month’s helicopter crash.A burial procession for Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Andrew Zemek began at 7 a.m. Tuesday in the city of Fulton, traveling to the 172nd Airlift Wing in Flowood. The Honors Team completed plane-side honors in preparation for a memorial transport to his final destination. Zemek will be laid to rest at a national cemetery in Pensacola, Florida.Zemek, 36, and maintenance test pilot Derek Joshua Abbot, 42, were doing a routine training flight on Feb. 24, in an Apache helicopter when it crashed in a wooded area near Booneville.
The Mississippi National Guard honored one of the fallen Army aviators killed in last month’s helicopter crash.
A burial procession for Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Andrew Zemek began at 7 a.m. Tuesday in the city of Fulton, traveling to the 172nd Airlift Wing in Flowood.
The Honors Team completed plane-side honors in preparation for a memorial transport to his final destination. Zemek will be laid to rest at a national cemetery in Pensacola, Florida.
Zemek, 36, and maintenance test pilot Derek Joshua Abbot, 42, were doing a routine training flight on Feb. 24, in an Apache helicopter when it crashed in a wooded area near Booneville.
