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Andrew C Shields
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Name: Army 1st Lt. Andrew C. Shields
Age: 25
From: Campobello, S.C.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment, South Carolina Army National Guard, Columbia, S.C.
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Andrew C. Shields was killed Dec. 9 in an Apache helicopter accident in Mosul, Iraq. Also
Died: December 09, 2004
Loved ones remember fallen pilot as hero
Associated Press
Age: 25
From: Campobello, S.C.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment, South Carolina Army National Guard, Columbia, S.C.
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Andrew C. Shields was killed Dec. 9 in an Apache helicopter accident in Mosul, Iraq. Also
Died: December 09, 2004
Loved ones remember fallen pilot as hero
Associated Press
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Friends and family remembered 25-year-old pilot Andrew Shields as a hero who never would have wanted the praise heaped on him at his funeral Saturday afternoon.
Shields, a lieutenant in the South Carolina National Guard, was killed Dec. 9 in Iraq along with fellow Guard pilot Chief Warrant Officer Patrick D. Leach of Rock Hill.
Nearly 800 people packed New Prospect Baptist Church and the neighboring gym, where the service was shown on closed-circuit television, to pay their last respects to the Campobello native.
“We just wanted to honor what he did,” cousin Casey Burnett said after the service. “He never thought of himself as doing anything,...
Occupation
the 1st Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment, South Carolina Army National Guard, Columbia, S.C.
Incident
Army 1st Lt. Andrew C. Shields was killed Dec. 9 in an Apache helicopter accident in Mosul, Iraq. Also
Prayers & Messages
Andrew C Shields
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.