CW3 Taylor J. Galvin

20 August 2018, Iraq

160th SOAR

A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Taylor J. Galvin died on 20 August 2018 of injuries sustained from a helicopter crash while supporting Operation INHERENT RESOLVE in Sinjar, Ninevah Province, Iraq.

Galvin enlisted in the Army in 2003 as a CH-47 Chinook Aircraft Mechanic. After completing Warrant Officer Flight Training in 2008, he was assigned to Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment at Fort Riley, Kansas. After completing Green Platoon in 2015, CW3 Galvin was assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Galvin deployed ten times in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, and INHERENT RESOLVE.

CW3 Galvin was a Fully Mission Qualified MH-60 pilot in Company D, 1st Battalion, 160th SOAR at the time of his death.