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.

The Deseret News reported Monday that Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk 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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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.

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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. (Steve Griffin/The Deseret News via AP)

Officials say 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.

According to his obituary, he was one of the youngest people in the school’s history to get a pilot’s license.

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Apache helicopters fly over graveside services for CW2 Kirk Fuchigami Jr. at Brigham City Cemetery, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Brigham City, Utah. (Steve Griffin/The Deseret News via AP)

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