Airman found dead with fatal amount of alcohol in blood

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE - An airman found dead in his dormitory room drank himself to death. <br> <br> Houston County medical examiner James Whitaker says an autopsy showed that Airman First Class Eric Paternoster had a .468 blood-alcohol level, high enough to kill him. <br> <br> Whitaker said the death was accidental, but the Air Force Office of Special Investigation is continuing to investigate. <br> <br> County coroner Danny Galpin said the 19-year-old Paternoster had been drinking with friends Wednesday night. A friend found him in his room before 6 a.m. Thursday, alone and not breathing. <br> <br> Paternoster worked with the 19th Air Refueling Group.