DANVILLE - Knox County has lost yet another young soldier this week. Shamus Goare, a 1994 graduate of Danville High School, was one of 16 killed in a MH-47 helicopter accident that happened on June 28 in Afghanistan.
Goare, who is the son of Judy and Charles Goare of Danville, enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and decided to make a career out of military service, his father said this morning.
"It would have been 11 years this August," said Charles Goare.
Goare earned the rank of staff sergeant and worked as a flight engineer with the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and was stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. He was executing a special operations mission Tuesday in the mountains to extract soldiers when the chopper went down.
"I learned about it [the crash] late Tuesday, but it was Wednesday when they came and told us that he was missing in action," Charles Goare said.
Goare and his wife feared for the worst, and fears were soon confirmed when they were told of their son's passing. Despite being sad over the loss of their son, they feel he died a hero who was dedicated to his country.
"He said once that if we don't fight them over there, we're going to have to fight them over here," Goare said.
Published: 7/1/2005
Honoring Army Staff Sgt, Shamus Goare.
Shamus Goare was born on May 28, 1976, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 11, 1994, and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in October 1994.
Pvt. Goare attended UH-1 Iroquois helicopter repairer training at Fort Rucker, Alabama, from October to December 1994, followed by service as a UH-1 repairer with Company I of the 158th Aviation Battalion from December 1994 to October 1996. His next assignment was as a UH-1 crew chief with the 1st U.S. Army Support Battalion, Multinational Force and Observers, on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt from October 1996 to October 1997, and then as a UH-1 crew chief with Company B of the 12th Aviation Battalion at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, from November 1997 to January 1999.
After completing the CH-47 Chinook Heavy Helicopter Repairer Course at Fort Eustis, Virginia, Sgt Goare served as a CH-47 crew chief with Company C of the 52nd Aviation Regiment at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, from June 1999 to June 2000, followed by service as an MH-47 crew chief with Company C and then Company B, 3rd Battalion of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, from June 2000 until he was killed in action during Operation Red Wing in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005.
Shamus Goare was buried at the Saint Luke's Cemetery in Danville, Ohio. He is survived by his parents Charles and Judith Goare, of Danville, Ohio.
Goare, who is the son of Judy and Charles Goare of Danville, enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and decided to make a career out of military service, his father said this morning.
"It would have been 11 years this August," said Charles Goare.
Goare earned the rank of staff sergeant and worked as a flight engineer with the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and was stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. He was executing a special operations mission Tuesday in the mountains to extract soldiers when the chopper went down.
"I learned about it [the crash] late Tuesday, but it was Wednesday when they came and told us that he was missing in action," Charles Goare said.
Goare and his wife feared for the worst, and fears were soon confirmed when they were told of their son's passing. Despite being sad over the loss of their son, they feel he died a hero who was dedicated to his country.
"He said once that if we don't fight them over there, we're going to have to fight them over here," Goare said.
Published: 7/1/2005
Honoring Army Staff Sgt, Shamus Goare.
Shamus Goare was born on May 28, 1976, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 11, 1994, and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in October 1994.
Pvt. Goare attended UH-1 Iroquois helicopter repairer training at Fort Rucker, Alabama, from October to December 1994, followed by service as a UH-1 repairer with Company I of the 158th Aviation Battalion from December 1994 to October 1996. His next assignment was as a UH-1 crew chief with the 1st U.S. Army Support Battalion, Multinational Force and Observers, on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt from October 1996 to October 1997, and then as a UH-1 crew chief with Company B of the 12th Aviation Battalion at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, from November 1997 to January 1999.
After completing the CH-47 Chinook Heavy Helicopter Repairer Course at Fort Eustis, Virginia, Sgt Goare served as a CH-47 crew chief with Company C of the 52nd Aviation Regiment at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, from June 1999 to June 2000, followed by service as an MH-47 crew chief with Company C and then Company B, 3rd Battalion of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, from June 2000 until he was killed in action during Operation Red Wing in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005.
Shamus Goare was buried at the Saint Luke's Cemetery in Danville, Ohio. He is survived by his parents Charles and Judith Goare, of Danville, Ohio.
DANVILLE - Knox County has lost yet another young soldier this week. Shamus Goare, a 1994 graduate of Danville High School, was one of 16 killed in a MH-47 helicopter accident that happened on June 28 in Afghanistan.
Goare, who is the son of Judy and Charles Goare of Danville, enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and decided to make a career out of military service, his father said this morning.
"It would have been 11 years this August," said Charles Goare.
Goare earned the rank of staff sergeant and worked as a flight engineer with the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and was stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. He was executing a special operations mission Tuesday in the mountains to extract soldiers when the chopper went down.
"I learned about it [the crash] late Tuesday, but it was Wednesday when they came and told us that he was missing in action," Charles Goare said.
Goare and his wife feared for the worst, and fears were soon confirmed when they were told of their son's passing. Despite being sad over the loss of their son, they feel he died a hero who was dedicated to his country.
"He said once that if we don't fight them over there, we're going to have to fight them over here," Goare said.
Published: 7/1/2005
Honoring Army Staff Sgt, Shamus Goare.
Shamus Goare was born on May 28, 1976, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 11, 1994, and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in October 1994.
Pvt. Goare attended UH-1 Iroquois helicopter repairer training at Fort Rucker, Alabama, from October to December 1994, followed by service as a UH-1 repairer with Company I of the 158th Aviation Battalion from December 1994 to October 1996. His next assignment was as a UH-1 crew chief with the 1st U.S. Army Support Battalion, Multinational Force and Observers, on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt from October 1996 to October 1997, and then as a UH-1 crew chief with Company B of the 12th Aviation Battalion at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, from November 1997 to January 1999.
After completing the CH-47 Chinook Heavy Helicopter Repairer Course at Fort Eustis, Virginia, Sgt Goare served as a CH-47 crew chief with Company C of the 52nd Aviation Regiment at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, from June 1999 to June 2000, followed by service as an MH-47 crew chief with Company C and then Company B, 3rd Battalion of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, from June 2000 until he was killed in action during Operation Red Wing in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005.
Shamus Goare was buried at the Saint Luke's Cemetery in Danville, Ohio. He is survived by his parents Charles and Judith Goare, of Danville, Ohio.
Goare, who is the son of Judy and Charles Goare of Danville, enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and decided to make a career out of military service, his father said this morning.
"It would have been 11 years this August," said Charles Goare.
Goare earned the rank of staff sergeant and worked as a flight engineer with the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and was stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. He was executing a special operations mission Tuesday in the mountains to extract soldiers when the chopper went down.
"I learned about it [the crash] late Tuesday, but it was Wednesday when they came and told us that he was missing in action," Charles Goare said.
Goare and his wife feared for the worst, and fears were soon confirmed when they were told of their son's passing. Despite being sad over the loss of their son, they feel he died a hero who was dedicated to his country.
"He said once that if we don't fight them over there, we're going to have to fight them over here," Goare said.
Published: 7/1/2005
Honoring Army Staff Sgt, Shamus Goare.
Shamus Goare was born on May 28, 1976, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 11, 1994, and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in October 1994.
Pvt. Goare attended UH-1 Iroquois helicopter repairer training at Fort Rucker, Alabama, from October to December 1994, followed by service as a UH-1 repairer with Company I of the 158th Aviation Battalion from December 1994 to October 1996. His next assignment was as a UH-1 crew chief with the 1st U.S. Army Support Battalion, Multinational Force and Observers, on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt from October 1996 to October 1997, and then as a UH-1 crew chief with Company B of the 12th Aviation Battalion at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, from November 1997 to January 1999.
After completing the CH-47 Chinook Heavy Helicopter Repairer Course at Fort Eustis, Virginia, Sgt Goare served as a CH-47 crew chief with Company C of the 52nd Aviation Regiment at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, from June 1999 to June 2000, followed by service as an MH-47 crew chief with Company C and then Company B, 3rd Battalion of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, from June 2000 until he was killed in action during Operation Red Wing in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005.
Shamus Goare was buried at the Saint Luke's Cemetery in Danville, Ohio. He is survived by his parents Charles and Judith Goare, of Danville, Ohio.
