SGT Thomas Allison

Army SGT Thomas Allison, 22, of Roy, Pierce County,  WA

who was lost at sea off the Philippines after his Boeing MH-47E Chinook helicopter

erupted in a fireball and disappeared, cause unknown.

He was flight engineer with E Company, 160th Special Operations

Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers, a commando force

seeking to rescue a nurse and an American missionary couple.

 Died: February 21, 2002