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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare Age: 29 From: Danville, Ohio Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare was killed June 28 when an MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed while ferrying personnel to a battle against militants in eastern Afghanistan.
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28, 2005 Hot rods lead funeral procession for fallen soldier
Associated Press
DANVILLE, Ohio — Six vintage hot rods led a funeral procession through streets of town as a tribute to one of the passions of a soldier killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan with 15 other servicemen.
About 500 people at the funeral Tuesday drove behind the hot rods to the cemetery, passing under a flag hung between two raised fire truck ladders in honor of Army Staff Sgt. Shamus Goare, 29.
Goare was on a special operations mission June 28 to rescue four Navy SEALs missing in mountains near the Pakistani border when the MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down.
“We are here celebrating in freedom made possible by Staff Sgt. Shamus and his crew,” said the Rev. F. Richard Snoke at the funeral. “Shamus loved his family, loved his country. He loved his community and, oh yes, he loved his street rods.”
Goare graduated from high school in 1994 in the...
Prayers & Condolences For: Shamus O. Goare BY Anonymous on Jul 09, 2005
Somewhere, Shamus' journey continues... Along a path that stretches over the stars, Beside a river that flows with memories, As his spirit soars into the LIGHT And enfolds those left behind in the glow of his love And the promise of reunion.