Today our walk was dedicated in honor of:
Army SGT Nathaniel Irish, Age 23 of Billings, MT.
Died Oct. 27, 2019
Sgt. Nathaneil G. Irish, 23 of Billings died in a non-combat related incident at Camp Taji, Iraq on Sunday, October 27, 2019. He was born June 28, 1996 in Phoenix, AZ and was raised by his mom Kathy Depriest Gordon and stepdad Jerrold Gordon. Nathan lived in Arizona, Montana, Alaska & Texas. He graduated from Young Marines and Montana Youth Challenge before joining the National Guard.
Nathan enlisted in the National Guard in 2013 where he was assigned to the 25th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. He was in Iraq supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.
He joined the U.S. Army in 2015 and served at Fort Bliss, Texas, before reporting to Fort Wainwright in November 2018. In addition to his time in Iraq, Nathan also served in Kuwait from October 2017 to July 2018.
Nathan was a small arms/artillery repair non-commissioned officer. He received multiple awards throughout his time in the Army, including two awards of the Army Commendation Medal, three awards of the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.
On June 1, 2019 Nathan married Mercedes Holm in Denali National Park. He loved to travel, play his Xbox and his cars.
We had a great 12.16 Mile walk. We walked by Lake Holiday and watched some ducks and then we headed up town to the War Memorial Park. We then stopped in the Crossville City Cemetery and visited 8 of our Fallen Brothers and then we headed North on Cook Road. We made our way to the Centennial Park and enjoyed our walk threw the park before heading out to the 9/11 Memorial before heading home. It was a great walk and I want to thank all who honked, waved, and saluted in helping me honor this Hero. We had 221 honks today. It was amazing. Thank you !
