Tyler R. Walshe, 21

Tyler's sense of humor and his constant smile will live on in my heart. My family and I were lucky enough to spend the last 3 months with him before his deployment. Celebrating his 21st birthday, feeding him and housing him. He could not drink enough "slurpees". He was the perfect guy! Caring and loving to his girlfriend, Amber, a great friend/advisor to my older daughter, Savannah, an older brother type to my younger daughter, Ashlann and just a great friend/motivator to all those people who surrounded him. He will be missed. We were so lucky to have him as a part of our extended family even if it was for such a short time. Our prayers go out for those he left behind and hope that time will ease their pain.

Our condolences in the loss of your Tyler. We tank him for proudly serving in our military, and pray Gods blessings on him and his family.

I knew Tyler we had a CLS class together I am very sad for this. I have nothing but good things to say. I'm going to miss playing basketball with you buddy. Good luck to my old unit 4-23 infantry love yoy all

I hate coming in here and seeing a new war death almost everyday. It's upsetting how young some of these Soldiers are. They're younger than I am. I'll be joining the Army soon, and it will be nice to help take out some of these people killing our boys. RIP and thank you for your sacrifice.

Tyler Walshe has a loving wife and beautiful precious little girl on Fort Lewis Army Base where they lived together until his deployment to Afghanistan , Lets all show our respect for Tyler's wife and especially daughter who no longer will be able to have her father hold her and comfort her, make her laugh, celebrate birthdays, teach her to drive or walk her down the isle. As a father I know the list goes on forever. Let us all post memories that Tyler's family would want to hear and bring joy and happiness with stories his wonderful little daughter would love to hear over and over as she grows older, she will miss her Dad every day forever. Memories and stories from others will be all she ever has of her father now. I watched Tyler hold and comfort his daughter like a proud father so please be respectful of Tyler's name and his precious wife, daughter and family who loved Tyler and will be grieving over his loss forever. Guy Lane

Tyler was an amazing husband and father. I can't believe that we will never be able to spend time with him again. He will be forever in my heart. I remember all the weekends myself, my husband, Tyler and his wife spent together. We will see you again Ty, save us a seat.

To the Tyler family,

I am so sorry for the loss of your loved one but please be asured that God of all comfort is interested in you and your hopes and desires. Psalm 146:16 says: You are opening your hand and sastisfying the desire of every living thing. May you cherish the loving memories of Tyler.

Life should not be measured on how long some one has lived but what they did . And there is no doubt you did some thing very special in your short life.

Tyler, never met you but you are a hero. You paid the ultimate sacrifice for me and my country, I would care to send my love and prayer to your wife and daughter, it must be hell for them, the pain will never go away but it will get easier over a long to to deal with. So much pain, war, misery in the world today, but when we are loved as I a certain you are life isn't so hard. God Bless You! With respect, C. Garcia 501 fst Attack Helicopter Battalion Headquarter Co. 1fst A.D.

If anyone has a way I can contact Tyler's wife I really need to talk to her. My husband was just killed Oct 1st in Afghanistan and I have something of Tyler's for her...

It has taken sometime for me to make a post on here, I have cried everyday since I found out Tyler was killed, it hurts so much...it always will, he was so sweet and kind and I was so proud to see how good of a father he was to my beautiful granddaughter Karsyn and him and Kirsten had so much to learn together as a husband and wife, he was so young and full of life...
my son Troy had so much fun playing games with Tyler and Ty was good at showing him new things, he gave him one of his jackets that was too small and Troy was so excited but now he is gone and we have to wait to meet up with him again. I love you Tyler, may you rest in peace, Kim Sangder

Walshe was a good friend and a good SAW Gunner. I was about 30 meters behind him when it happened and I wish there was something I could have done but there was no time. I miss him and i wish he was still with us on patrol. He was an excellent soldier.

I would like to say I am so very sorry for the loss of Tyler. We at TAPS woulde like to extend our support to his family, and extend our grief resources and counseling. There is an office in Redding Ca.

I deployed with walshe to Afghanistan and he was an example to me as if he was my oldest brother. I was 25 meters away from the IED that walshe hit. I couldnt beleive my eyes what i saw that day. My best friend and a brother to me has been killed. And to this day i caint erase the image out of my head. Walshe had a great personality and a sense of humor. The wonderful memories of him will live on in my heart. I miss him and i wish he could be here today. I love him like my friend and brother and the type of person that i would want next to me in a battlefield. I pray for you Tyler and im so thankful that i had the opportunity to meet you. R.I.P Tyler.R.Walshe