Photos: Funeral for firefighter from O.C. killed in Arizona wildfire

Colleagues stand at attention as the casket of fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck, 21, is brought in for a service at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove on Tuesday. Woyjeck was killed, along with 18 other firefighters, in a blaze in Yarnell, Ariz., on June 30. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

July 16, 2013 6:17 PM PT

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Firefighter Kevin Woyjeck of Seal Beach died when he and 18 fellow firefighters were overtaken by the Yarnell wildfire in Arizona on June 30. His funeral was held Tuesday at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove.

Maike Casillas, who is involved with the Patriot movement, honors Kevin Woyjeck as the fallen firefighter’s hearse drives by in Garden Grove. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Pallbearers bring in the casket of fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck for a funeral service in Garden Grove. Woyjeck’s father is a captain with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Members of the Woyjeck family embrace after the funeral service for fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck in Garden Grove. Woyjeck, 21, grew up in Seal Beach. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Pallbearers bring in the casket of fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck for his funeral service at the Christ Cathedral campus. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

An image of fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck can be seen on the right as his casket is brought in for his funeral service at the Christ Cathedral campus. Woyjeck was a member of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew, an elite wildland firefighting unit. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Relatives of fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck try to console each other during a service in Garden Grove. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A firefighter wipes his eye during the funeral service for fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck. Woyjeck’s father works for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Members of the Woyjeck family pray in front of the casket of fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Bobby Woyjeck, brother of fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck, holds an ax given to the family during the funeral service in Garden Grove. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Joe Woyjeck, father of fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck and a captain with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, accepts a helmet during the funeral service in Garden Grove. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)