Name: Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Niall Lyons Age: 40 From: Spokane, Wash., Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. 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. Died:
October
26, 2009 DoD IDs soldiers killed in Afghanistan crash
Staff report
The Defense Department has identified the seven special operations soldiers killed Oct. 26 when their MH-47 helicopter crashed in Badghis province in western Afghanistan.
Two of the soldiers were from 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group of Fort Bragg, N.C., and five were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment of Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.
Also killed in the crash were three agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Low visibility has been blamed for the crash, which happened about 3:30 a.m. when the soldiers and federal agents lifted off in the helicopter after an operation to disrupt arms smuggling and drug trafficking in the Darreh-ye Bum Village in Qadis District, according to information from the International Security Assistance Force.
Thick dust stirred up from the initial takeoff overwhelmed the...
Prayers & Condolences For: Niall Lyons BY Anonymous on Mar 29, 2016
I will never forget you. I have and will always love you.
Prayers & Condolences For: Niall Lyons BY Anonymous on Feb 24, 2012
A true hero and my first love! Your positive influence on me is still with me to this day! You were one of a kind Niall!!!
Prayers & Condolences For: Niall Lyons BY Anonymous on Dec 12, 2009
Niall was my adopted son in the sense that I could not have loved my own son any more than I loved Niall.He was my neighbor, my friend, my son.Niall's joy of life, loving personality, caring heart and laughter will be what I remember about this wonderful man, taken from us much too soon.Niall is now in the presence of God and the angels, laughing and joking and at eternal peace.
Niall, you have not and never will leave my heart as there is a place there especially made for you.I miss you and love you dear, sweet son.
Prayers & Condolences For: Niall Lyons BY Anonymous on Nov 20, 2009
The Army has lost a true warrior. Niall was a member of our task deployed to Iraq in 2007-2008 and he was a professional in every sense of the word. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. You will be missed.
Prayers & Condolences For: Niall Lyons BY John on Nov 01, 2009
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.