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LOVELAND — Despite the sounds of airplane jets and roaring motorcycles, silence enveloped the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport when the body of Army Sgt. Christopher Birdwell returned home.
Veterans and fellow servicemen and women saluted his flag-draped casket. Family members dabbed tears from their eyes.
Birdwell was killed Aug. 27 by small-arms fire. The investigation surrounding his death continues, but officials have said he and another soldier died when Afghan soldiers turned their guns on them.
He was on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan.
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