Phillip A Myers
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Age: 30
From: Hopewell, Va.
Assigned to the 48th Civil Engineer Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom
Incident: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Phillip A Myers died April 4 near Helmand province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device.
Died: April 04, 2009
Family permitted media at Dover arrival
By Beth Miller
The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal / Gannett News Service
DOVER, Del. — The service of Air Force Tech. Sgt. Phillip A. Myers, 30, of Hopewell, Va., was not finished when he died Saturday in Afghanistan of injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device.
Late Sunday night, the arrival of Myers’ body at Dover Air Force Base in a flag-draped transfer case became a powerful reminder to his nation and the world of the sacrifices made by members of the armed forces and the high cost of war.
His return also marked an early watershed in the administration of President Barack Obama, a nod in favor of transparency and away from secrecy favored by prior administrations.
Thousands of fallen troops have returned to the United States through the military’s primary mortuary at Dover Air Force Base. Their flights are met by an honor guard, by...