Staff Sgt Shamus O Goare ~ Night Stalker

Staff Sgt Shamus O Goare

Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare died June 28, 2005, in eastern Afghanistan when his MH-47D helicopter was shot down by enemy fire during combat operations. He was the the Army 160th SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment).

He was born May 28, 1976 in, Ohio.

Goare joined the Army in 1994 as Huey helicopter repairer. He attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Rucker, Ala.

From December 1994 to October 1996, Goare was assigned to Company I, 158th Aviation Battalion as a utility helicopter repairer. In October 1996 he was reassigned as a UH-1 crew chief to 1st USA SPT, Sinai, Egypt. Upon completion of a one-year tour in Egypt, Goare was then assigned as a crew chief to 12th Aviation Brigade in Fort Belvoir, Va. From January to May 1999, he attended the Heavy Helicopter Repairer Course at Fort Eustis, Va. and upon completion became a Chinook helicopter repairer. In June 1999, he was assigned to Company C, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Camp Humphreys, Korea where he preformed duties as a CH-47 mechanic until May 2000. In June 2000, Goare was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Training Company and upon completion of the Basic Mission Qualification Course (Green Platoon) was assigned as a flight engineer for Company B, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.

Goare’s military schools include the Primary Leadership Development Course, the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Course, the Utility Helicopter Repairer Course and the Medium Helicopter Repairer Course.

His military awards and decorations include the Air Medal for valor, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Multinational Forces and Observers Medal, and the Kuwaiti Defense Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, and the Senior Army Aviator Badge. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal for valor and the Combat Action Badge.

He is survived by his parents Charles and Judith Goare, of Danville, Ohio.

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