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Army pilot killed in Korea to be buried in Colo.

Posted at 10:06 AM, Dec 03, 2015
and last updated 2015-12-03 12:06:49-05

A U.S. Army helicopter pilot who was killed during an apparent training exercise in South Korea will be buried in Grand Junction with full military honors on Monday.

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinelreports that Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brandon Smith, a former Grand Junction resident, was killed when the Apache helicopter he was piloting crashed Nov. 24. Smith was assigned to the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade stationed in South Korea.

He will be buried Monday at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado.