Lyons, John Alden
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, 572ND ENGINEER COMPANY, 8TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 36TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, FORT HOOD, TX, SGT Lyons, John Alden of SEASIDE PARK, NJ, 26, died in GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN on October 26, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Lyons, John Alden of SEASIDE PARK, NJ, 26 years old, served in the ARMY with 572ND ENGINEER COMPANY, 8TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 36TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, FORT HOOD, TX at the rank of SGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
He did not survive OEF. The ARMY recorded his death on October 26, 2011 in GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN, from HOSTILE.
In the final years of OEF, a surge had been deployed and drawn down. The Taliban had outlasted every strategy. The Afghan army the US built would collapse six years after OEF ended.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oef.
Explore Further
Lyons, John Alden was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
