AGE:  24

HOMETOWN:  Shelby, Ohio

UNIT:  Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)

DUTY STATION:  Marine Forces Reserve, Columbus, Ohio

DIED:  July 28, 2005

LOCATION OF INCIDENT:  Cykla, Iraq

CAUSE:  his unit came under attack by enemy small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades while conducting combat operations

BURIED:  August 8, 2005 with full military honors at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, Ohio

FUNERAL HOME:  Denbow-Primm-Kemery Funeral Home, Ashland, Ohio

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS:  "Christopher Lyons Benefit Fund"

c/o Richland Bank, 3 North Main St., Mansfield, OH 44902

or may also be left at any Richland Bank branch office