R.I.P. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Niall D. Lyons
Name: Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Niall Lyons
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Age: 40
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From: Spokane, Wash.,
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Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.
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Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Niall Lyons died Oct. 26 of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter he was aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael P. Montgomery, Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger, Staff Sgt. Keith R. Bishop, Staff Sgt. Shawn H. McNabb, Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez and Sgt. Nickolas A. Mueller.
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Died: October 26, 2009
(Taken from www.spokesman.com) A decorated Spokane soldier was among the seven U.S. servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan this week, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.
Chief Warrant Officer Niall D. Lyons, 40, died Oct. 26 in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan while assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment, based in Savannah, Ga. Three federal drug agents also were killed in the crash. Another crash the same day killed four soldiers.
Lyons graduated from Shadle Park High School in 1988, earned a bachelor’s degree in geography from Eastern Washington University in 1995 and spent three years as a soldier before being accepted into the Army Warrant Officer program, where he graduated from flight school in 1999.
He worked as a flight instructor and was deployed in Iraq before being deployed to Afghanistan, according to a biography posted on the Army’s Web site. Lyons won several awards for his army service, including two air medals and four army commendation medals.
He is survived by a son in Alabama and two brothers, a sister, and his mother and father, all of Spokane.
2 comments:
Everywhere I can find a tribute to my dear, sweet, adopted son, Niall, I must let people know what a wonderful person he was and how much he was loved.
Niall and I were neighbors for 8-1/2 years. He was only 12 when I moved in across the steet but from that day on, we had a very special bond.
Niall was a breath of joy. His smile always lit up his face. He joked and had fun. But most importantly, Niall cared about people. About everyone. He would help anyone he could.
My heart has a giant hole in it that will never heal until the day I see my beloved son in heaven (I humbly pray) where I am confident he resides.
I'm sure he is joking with God and all of the angels. And brought another point of light unto God, who loves us all so much.
Niall may be gone from this earth physically but he left a legacy and an example that will live on.
My sweet Niall. I miss you and love you so very much.
Anonymous, I am so sorry. May God give you peace in this.
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