The funeral procession for Army Capt. Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel winds through Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
The funeral procession for Army Capt. Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel winds through Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
The funeral procession for Army Capt. Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel winds through Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
The funeral procession for Army Capt. Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel winds through Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
The funeral procession for Army Capt. Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel winds through Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
The casket of Army Capt. Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel is lowered to the ground at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
A firing party fires three rifle volleys at the funeral of Army Capt. Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
Taps is played at the funeral of Army Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
Brig. Gen. Christopher K. Haas, commander, U.S. Special Forces Command, presents the flag that had been draped over the casket of Army Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel to the slain soldier's mother, Helen Keiser-Pederson, at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
Brig. Gen. Christopher K. Haas, commander, U.S. Special Forces Command, presents a flag to Army Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel's father, Henry Keel, at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
Members of the firing squad depart the burial site at the funeral of Army Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
A soldier at the funeral of Army Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
Members of the Northern Virginia chapter of the American Legion Riders pay tribute during the funeral of Army Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 2013. Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in an insider attack in Afghanistan. The Riders provide a motorcycle escort for military funerals. (C.J. Lin/Stars and Stripes)
Army Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel (U.S. Army)
Army Capt. Andrew Pedersen-Keel (West Point)
ARLINGTON, Va. — Army Capt. Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors Wednesday after being killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan earlier this month.
Pedersen-Keel, 28, was one of two soldiers killed in the attack at a police station in Jalrez District in Afghanistan on March 11.
The West Point graduate from Florida was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.
After flags were presented to his mother, Helen Keiser-Pedersen, and father Henry Keel, Pedersen-Keel was buried in Section 60, the final resting place for a majority of troops killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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