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Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher M. Allgaier
Died May 30, 2007 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
33, of Middleton, Mo.; assigned to the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died May 30 in Upper Sangin Valley, Afghanistan, when his CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed apparently due to enemy fire. Also killed were Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua R. Rodgers, Staff Sgt. Charlie L. Bagwell, Sgt. Jesse A. Blamires and Sgt. Brandon E. Hadaway.
Service held for N.C.-based Army pilot who died in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — An Army pilot who was based in North Carolina will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery next week with other military men and women who gave their lives in service to their country.
A memorial service was held June 6 for Chief Warrant Officer Chris Allgaier at a Catholic church in Omaha, his hometown. Before his deployment, Allgaier had lived with his wife, Jennie, and their three children near Fort Bragg, N.C.
Allgaier was among five American soldiers killed during combat on May 30 in Afghanistan. U.S. military officials said the soldiers died when their helicopter crashed, apparently shot down by insurgents, in Upper Sangin Valley.
The five were assigned to the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg.
Allgaier, 33, graduated with highest honors from Omaha Creighton Prep High School in 1991.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical administration from Saint Louis University in 1995 and a master’s degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2001, according to his personal Web page on the “Friendster” social networking site.
Service held for N.C.-based Army pilot who died in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — An Army pilot who was based in North Carolina will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery next week with other military men and women who gave their lives in service to their country.
Hundreds of people turned out for a memorial service for Chief Warrant Officer Chris Allgaier on June 6 at a Catholic church in Omaha.
“Chris was the epitome of leading by example, and he didn’t even know it,” the Rev. Donald W. Shane said during the service. “Chris died because he believed in freedom. He believed in our country.”
The Army helicopter pilot from Omaha was among five American soldiers killed during combat on May 30 in Afghanistan.
U.S. military officials said the five died when their helicopter crashed, apparently shot down by insurgents, in Upper Sangin Valley.
The five were assigned to the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Allgaier, 33, graduated with highest honors from Omaha Creighton Prep High School in 1991.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical administration from Saint Louis University in 1995 and a master’s degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2001, according to his personal Web page on the “Friendster” social networking site.
Before his deployment, Allgaier had lived near the 82nd’s headquarters in Fort Bragg, N.C., with his wife, Jennie, and their three children.
Allgaier was the 48th U.S. service member with Nebraska connections to die in Afghanistan or Iraq since the beginning of military operations following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Omaha native dies in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
By The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — An Omaha native was among the five American soldiers killed this week in an Army helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
Chief Warrant Officer Chris Allgaier died May 30 after about 30 service members from the 82nd Airborne Division had been dropped off by the CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter, his father, Bob Allgaier, told the Omaha World-Herald.
Chris Allgaier, 33, graduated from Omaha Creighton Prep High School in 1991, said Nate Driml, the school’s director of alumni and community relations. Driml said a priest from the Jesuit school visited Allgaier’s family Friday.
U.S. military officials said initial reports suggested the helicopter was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade but that enemy fire was only one of several possibilities.
Before his deployment, Allgaier had lived near the 82nd’s headquarters in Fort Bragg, N.C., with his wife, Jennie, and their three children.
Funeral services were pending.
Allgaier graduated with highest honors at Prep, ranking No. 4 in his class, Driml said. Allgaier was a member of the National Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society and the school’s science club, Driml said.
Allgaier earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical administration from Saint Louis University in 1995 and a master’s degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2001, according to Allgaier’s personal Web page on the “Friendster” social networking site.
The Chinook crashed on the first day of a new joint NATO-Afghan operation to force Taliban fighters out of parts of Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand Province, in the southern part of the country.
The American soldiers who were killed were part of a brigade that deployed earlier this year along with the division’s commanding general and his staff.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, 20 soldiers from the 82nd have died in Afghanistan, and 101 have died in Iraq.
Allgaier was the 47th U.S. service member with Nebraska connections to die in Afghanistan or Iraq since the beginning of military operations following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Calls to Allgaier’s family in Omaha were not immediately returned.