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Hughesville Native/ DEA Agent Laid to Rest

Hughesville Native/ DEA Agent Laid to Rest - Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:56PM EST

Reported by: Jeremy Deebel
Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 @ 05:56pm EST
Muncy and Hughesville, Lycoming County-

A Hughesville native killed in Afghanistan was laid to rest Thursday morning.

30-year-old Chad Michael died in a helicopter crash while working as a drug enforcement agent.

Hundreds of family, friends, co-workers, and government officials gave the Hughesville High School graduate and D. E.A. special agent a hero's farewell.

"Today we command this young man back to the Lord, with thankfulness in our hearts," recited the Reverend Glenn McCreary.

An athlete in high school, Michael obtained a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He worked as a deputy sheriff before his stint with the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Hughesville Fire Chief Steve Steiger knew Chad Michael since he was just a boy. He was a volunteer firefighter as a teenager.

Steiger noted, "Great guy, always smiling- great, great attitude all the time. He was another guy that wanted to be there and do whatever he could for anybody."

Michael was one of three D. E.A. agents killed on October 26th while returning from a counter-narcotics mission in western Afghanistan.

After the memorial service at the Church of the Resurrection in Muncy, Michael was laid to rest at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Hughesville.

Steiger added, "Chad's always going to be in everybody's hearts in this community that knew him. He was smiling from ear-to-ear all the time and that's the guy he was. He was just a great person and nobody's going to forget Chad."

Chad Michael is the second Hughesville native to die in the Afghan and Iraq war zones in recent years.

Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends, and fellow agents.
 


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