An Army Special Forces commando who grew up in Arlington Heights and was killed by mortar hearth in 2004 might be honored at the moment in Wauconda.
A ceremony might be held at 10 a.m. in Memorial Park, 309 S. Most important St., for Main Paul R. Syverson III, who served within the opening days of the warfare in Afghanistan and noticed the defeat of the Taliban.
Syverson’s household and members of the Special Forces might be available as Island Lake Veterans of International Wars Publish 2486 is being renamed in his honor.
The identify change is being achieved with the consolidation of Publish 2486 with Lake Zurich VFW Publish 11020, based on Mike Peck, previous commander and former superintendent of the Veterans Help Fee of Lake County.
“The membership was robust; that is why we wished to maintain the submit alive,” Peck mentioned.
The Lake Zurich VFW constitution has been closed. Publish 2486 doesn’t have an official headquarters, and the 2 organizations have been assembly at Wauconda American Legion Publish 911, 515 S. Most important St., simply south of Neighborhood Park.
Peck hopes renaming the submit in Syverson’s honor will assist entice youthful, extra lively members.
Syverson grew up in Arlington Heights and attended John Hersey Excessive Faculty, the place he was a member of the 1987 state champion soccer workforce. He attended Virginia Navy Institute.
When CIA agent Johnny “Mike” Spann was killed in an Afghanistan jail rebellion, Syverson was one of many Special Forces commandos despatched in to retrieve his physique and curtail the extraordinary preventing, based on his obituary.
He was one among 5 troopers injured within the November 2001 rebellion by a misguided U.S. bomb, and he acquired a Purple Coronary heart.
Syverson, who served with fifth Special Forces Group, was transferred to Iraq. He was killed by mortar hearth June 16, 2004, at a U.S. base north of Baghdad the place he stopped to purchase gear for fellow troopers from the fifth Special Forces Group based mostly at Fort Campbell, based on the obituary. He was 32.
Right now’s ceremony might be distinctive within the will probably be held subsequent to the Heroes of Freedom Memorial close to Route 176 and Most important Road, which was devoted in 2015, Peck mentioned.
It incorporates a wall itemizing the names of the folks killed within the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist assaults and a beam from one of many fallen World Commerce Middle buildings.
