Saturday, November 12, 2011
Hundreds attend wakes for Army Sgt. John A. Lyons of Seaside Park today
"Stand down soldier Your mission is done The danger is over There's no need to run You were trained well To obey each demand So take this and heed This one final command Rest your body And rest your eyes As we weep the loss When a good soldier dies" — Poem inscribed on Sgt. John Lyons prayer card Sgt. John A. Lyons, killed in Afghanistan in late October, received fitting tributes for a fallen soldier at his wake yesterday. A sea of American flags studded the grass in front of the Timothy E. Ryan Home for Funerals on St. Catherine Boulevard. Uniformed firefighters from the Seaside Park Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 stood solemnly next to the company's fire truck, not far from the entrance to Route 37 West. And about 40 members of the New …
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Dozens pay respects as the body of Army Sgt. John Lyons is brought home to Seaside Park
They gathered along J Street — old friends, family friends, and those who simply knew of him — to pay their respects to a soldier who lost his life in the line of duty. Those friends remembered Army Sgt. John A. Lyons as a bright kid, the kind of guy who liked to read the dictionary ... and take notes on what he was reading. The kind of guy who made everyone smile and laugh. The kind of guy who'd ride down the street ... reading a book. "Remember him running down the beach in combat boots?" said Morrigan Devine, who attended Central Regional High School with Lyons. "He had the best smile ever," said Jennifer Padavano, another high school friend. "He brought such joy to everyone," said Meghan Jeffries. Lyons, 26, a 2003 graduate of Central…
Seaside Park man killed in Afghanistan
Berkeley Township Patrolman Richard Breitenbach will rise early this morning and begin the trip to Dover, Del., to escort the body of a young Seaside Park Army officer killed in Afghanistan on Oct. 26. "We're showing a soldier some respect," Breitenbach said. Sgt. John A. Lyons — a 2003 Central Regional High School graduate — died on active duty in Ghazni Province. He was assigned to the 8th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade in Fort Hood, Texas. Breitenbach and other officers will escort Lyons' hearse from the Dover Air Force base to the New Jersey border, where they will be met by New Jersey State Police. They will then drive in a procession to J Street in Seaside Park, where he lived. "It's a terrible thing, these kids going over…
Friday, August 19, 2011
U.S. Marine Cpl. Nicholas S. Ott died in Afghanistan earlier this month
The name of U.S. Marine Cpl. Nicholas S. Ott, 23, of Manchester Township, will be added to Ocean County’s Fallen Soldier Monument as part of the 9/11 remembrance on Sept. 9, two days prior to the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. Ott is the 11th soldier from Ocean County to die since the attacks by Al Qaida militants on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and failed attempt to crash a plane into the White House. Ott died Aug. 10, fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand province as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. “We grieve their loss and reflect on our freedom, the cornerstone that makes American great,’’ said Freeholder Gerry Little, an ex-Marine. At 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 9 an observance will be held at the Sept. 11 monument …
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Department of Defense says Nicholas S. Ott, 23, died in the Helmand Province on Aug. 10
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that a Marine from Manchester died while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom. Cpl. Nicholas S. Ott, a 23-year-old from the township, died on Aug. 10 in Afghanistan's Helmand province, according to a news release issued by the department. Ott died while "conducting combat operations" in the province, the release states. He was part of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Alexander George, principal of Manchester Township High School, said that Ott was a 2006 graduate who always had a smile on his face. "He was just a great kid," George said. "He was a kid who had a contagious smile." George coached Ott during his …
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Republican Club of Berkeley Township still looking for donations
Little things can mean a lot. Especially if you are a US. Army medic stationed in Kuwait, or a member of the 101st Airborne Division's transportation unit in southern Afghanistan, where items people stateside take for granted don't come easy. Since late last year, the Berkeley Township Republican Club has been sending care packages to the 101st and the 3rd Army's 1197th Company, a logistics unit deployed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. To say the goodies are appreciated would be an understatement. "My medics here went through the boxes like crazed hyenas," said First Lt. Tommy N. Vu, with the 329th Medical Company GA, in a letter to club trustee Lloyd Mullikin. "They all grabbed a little something and were very thankful for the personal hygiene …
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6:59 pm on Friday, November 11, 2011
RIP Sgt. Lyons and thank you...another Vet for the Lord... & your in good company Amen...God Speed Sarget.. more ›