Officials Honor Mississippi National Guardsmen Killed in Helicopter Crash

Officials Honor Mississippi National Guardsmen Killed in Helicopter Crash
(Left) Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bryan Andrew Zemek. (Right) Chief Warrant Officer Derek Joshua Abbott. Mississippi National Guard via AP
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BOONEVILLE, Miss.—Officials held a procession Monday for two Mississippi National Guardsmen who died Friday in a helicopter crash.

The ceremony began at a hospital in Booneville, Mississippi, near where the helicopter plummeted into a wooded area during a training flight. It continued south along Highway 45 to Pearl, where autopsies will be conducted. The two Guardsmen, Officer Bryan Andrew Zemek, 36, and Officer Derek Joshua Abbott, 42, were both Mississippi natives and had won several awards for their service.