Quarrel Stirs on Flag-Drapped Coffins

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Quarrel Stirs on Flag-Drapped Coffins
February 21, 2009
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

Michael Wieger knows the pain of losing a son to war. Air Force Staff Sgt. David A. Wieger, of North Huntingdon, died in Iraq in the fall of 2007, when an enemy explosive detonated near his Humvee.

The funeral at the Norwin Christian Church for the 28-year-old special investigator was solemn and reflective. A 150-vehicle caravan followed his flag-draped coffin to Penn-Lincoln Memorial Park. Small clusters of people waving flags lined the route.

"The Air Force was so good about everything," his father remembered.

The military flew one of David's best military friends from California to Dover, Del., to escort his body back to Westmoreland County.

The Dover Air Force Base is the U.S. military's point of return for the fallen in the war on terror. It played a similar role during the Vietnam War.

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