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An officer salutes the casket of Army Chief Warrant Officer David Hilemon at his gravesite at Gig Harbor, Wash., Wednesday. The site is on a hilltop affording a view of Puget Sound and Mount Rainier. Hilemon, who died in a helicopter crash in North Korea, once told his family that if anything ever happened to him, he wanted to be buried with a view of Mount Rainier.

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