Lyons, Thomas Franklyn
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Verified In TIKRIT, IRAQ on September 8, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Lyons, Thomas Franklyn of FERNLEY, NV, 20, serving with 545TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 607TH MP BN, 8TH MP BRIGADE, FORT RICHARDSON, AK. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, 545TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 607TH MP BN, 8TH MP BRIGADE, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, sent Lyons, Thomas Franklyn of FERNLEY, NV, then 20, ? SPC ? to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on September 8, 2009 in TIKRIT, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
The members of 545TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 607TH MP BN, 8TH MP BRIGADE, FORT RICHARDSON, AK who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Lyons, Thomas Franklyn was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.
