{"id":51044,"date":"2024-02-26T22:55:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T22:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/26\/officials-honor-mississippi-national-guardsmen-killed-in-apache-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:17:16","slug":"officials-honor-mississippi-national-guardsmen-killed-in-apache-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/02\/26\/officials-honor-mississippi-national-guardsmen-killed-in-apache-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials honor Mississippi National Guardsmen killed in Apache crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials held a procession Monday for two Mississippi National Guardsmen who <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/helicopter-crash-mississippi-bcadcc448849af5703f4cb2bf2057c68\">died Friday<\/a> in a helicopter crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24057586328652.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24057586328652.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24057586328652.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24057586328652.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24057586328652.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This undated image released by the Mississippi National Guard shows Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bryan Andrew Zemek. The Mississippi National Guard said announced, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, that Zemek and Chief Warrant Officer Derek Joshua Abbott, died after a helicopter crashed Friday afternoon, Feb. 23, during a training flight in northeast Mississippi. (Mississippi National Guard via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/02\/23\/national-guard-apache-helicopter-crashes-in-north-mississippi\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32327640476_7f607a6bd2_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">National Guard Apache crashes in north Mississippi, 2 dead<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Two soldiers died when their AH-64 Apache attack helicopter belonging to the Mississippi Army National Guard crashed Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese two Guardsmen embodied the very best of our nation \u2014 bound by honor, and committed to service,\u201d President Joe Biden said in a written statement over the weekend. \u201cWe will continue to keep our solemn promise to care for their families, just as they were faithful to our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mississippi National Guard said Zemek had been serving as a standardization instructor pilot. He is survived by his wife of three years and their four children. Abbott had been a maintenance test pilot. He is survived by his wife of 18 years and their three children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24057586324073.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24057586324073.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24057586324073.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24057586324073.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24057586324073.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This undated image released by the Mississippi National Guard shows Chief Warrant Officer Derek Joshua Abbott. The Mississippi National Guard said announced, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, that Abbott and Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Andrew Zemek, died after a helicopter crashed Friday afternoon, Feb. 23, during a training flight in northeast Mississippi. (Mississippi National Guard via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The helicopter was an AH-64 Apache \u201cflying a routine training flight,\u201d the Mississippi National Guard said after the crash. Janson D. 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