Maj. Gen. Steven Lepper presents the American flag to Debbie McBride at her father, TSgt. Allen Avery’s burial April 6, 2012, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Avery was a pararescueman who, along with five others, was killed during a recovery operation in Vietnam on April 6, 1972. Avery’s remains were recently identified via new DNA techniques and returned the U.S. He was laid to rest with full military honors along with his fellow crewmembers who were interred in 1997. Lepper is the Air Force Deputy Judge Advocate General.
