Johnny Andrew Clyburn

Staff Sergeant, United States Air National Guard

December 26, 1972 – May 27, 2014

Age – 41

Detroit, MI

Operation Enduring Freedom

127^th Security Forces Squadron, Selfridge Air

 National Guard Base, Harrison Township, MI

Died after being shot by fiancee’s son

Clyburn was a 21-year veteran of the Air Force and a member of the 127th Security Forces Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, according to the station. He had just returned home from an overnight shift when the shooting occurred.

“He loved God, he loved his family and he loved his country,” said longtime friend Darwin Roche, who served with the victim in Afghanistan. “There was no one or no thing that he would not give something for, that really gravitated me toward him over 20 years ago.”