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Name: Army Capt. Sean E. Lyerly Age: 31 From: Pflugerville, Texas Assigned to the Texas Army National Guard’s 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, Austin, Texas died in Baghdad on Jan. 20 when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was in crashed. Also Incident: Army Capt. Sean E. Lyerly was killed were Col. Brian D. Allgood, Staff Sgt. Darryl D. Booker, Sgt. 1st Class John G. Brown, Lt. Col. David C. Canegata, Command Sgt. Maj. Marilyn L. Gabbard, Command Sgt. Maj. Roger W. Haller, Col. Paul M. Kelly, Staff Sgt. Floyd E. Lake, Cpl. Victor M. Langarica, Maj. Michael V. Taylor and 1st Sgt. William T. Warren. Died:
January
20, 2007 Iraq helicopter crash claims Pflugerville man
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — A member of the Texas National Guard was piloting the Army Black Hawk helicopter that went down in Iraq on Jan. 20, killing all 12 soldiers onboard, officials said Jan. 23.
Capt. Sean E. Lyerly, 31, was assigned to the Texas Army National Guard’s 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, in Austin.
Texas Army National Guard officials said Lyerly was piloting the helicopter when it went down northeast of Baghdad. The U.S. military in Baghdad has refused to confirm a report by a Pentagon official that debris indicated the helicopter was shot down by a surface-to-air missile.
Nine of the other 11 casualties were assigned to state National Guard units, but none...