[CBN News] A Gold Star family was recently booed by first-class passengers because their trip to pick up their son's remains caused a delay.
 
Stewart Perry, a Marine veteran, was traveling from Sacramento to Philadelphia to pick up the remains of his son, Army combat instructor Sgt. John Perry.
 
Perry, 30, died last Saturday at Bagram Field in Afghanistan after stopping a suicide bomber from hitting a soldier's 5K Veterans Day run to benefit disabled veterans.
 
"He would have killed 100, 200, who knows?" Perry told KOVR-TV.
 
"I want people to know about the heroic thing that my son did," he said during an interview.
 
Perry says his son's death comes at a time military service is facing disrespect. He said his family was booed on the flight to bring his son's body home over a delay.
 
Perry said the flight to Arizona was 45 minutes late in arriving and the American Airlines crew, who feared the delay would cause the family to miss their connecting flight had the captain make an announcement "for everyone to stay seated and to let 'a special military family' exit the aircraft first."
 
First-class passengers complained and booed.
 
"To hear the reaction of the flight being delayed because of a Gold Star family, and the first class cabin booing that was really upsetting, and it made us cry some more," Perry said.
 
Perry told KOVR-TV it is important for people to recognize the symbolism of the American flag and those who lay their lives down for it.
 
"It's not for protest—it's for the death of the people that are saving us. That's what it's for," he said.
 
The Department of Defense said 30-year-old Perry and 20-year-old Pfc. Tyler R. Iubelt of Tamaroa, Illinois were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas.
 
Both received a Purple Heart Medal and a Bronze Star, among other awards.
 
A memorial service was held at Bagram Airfield on Friday for the soldiers.
 
Perry leaves behind a wife of eight years and two children.

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