Andre D. Tyson, Patrick R. McCaffrey, Army National Guard -- Rest In Peace

Andre D. Tyson, 33

Army National Guard, 1st Lieutenant
Based: Southern California
578th Engineer Battalion
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: June 22, 2004
Balad (near), Iraq
Single
Gender: Male
Hometown: Riverside
High School: Santa Maria High (Santa Maria)
Burial: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside

Tyson was killed alongside Patrick McCaffrey in what the military initially told their families was an ambush by insurgents. Two years later, the military informed the families that the soldiers were actually killed by members of the Iraqi national guard who were on patrol with them.

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Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr., 34

Army National Guard, Sergeant
Based: Petaluma, Calif.
A Company, 579th Engineer Battalion
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: June 22, 2004
Balad (near), Iraq
Married, 2 children
Gender: Male
Hometown: Tracy
High School: Homestead High (Cupertino)
Burial: Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside

Military officials initially informed his family that McCaffrey had been killed by insurgents. They later determined he and another soldier, Andre Tyson of Riverside, were killed by purported Iraqi allies on patrol with them.

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