'A somber event': Marine killed while on Nepal relief mission comes home to Nebraska

[Omaha Steve]

NANCY MCGILL/WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE
A crowd in Wahoo honors Marine Capt. Dustin Lukasiewicz on Monday evening as his procession weaves through town on its way to St. Paul via Highway 92.

POSTED: TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2015 1:30 AM
By Steve Liewer / World-Herald staff writer

A fallen Marine has come home to Nebraska.

The body of Capt. Dustin R. Lukasiewicz arrived at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield late Monday afternoon, his casket draped in the American flag.



Dustin, Ashley and Izzy Lukasiewicz are seen in this photo provided by family friend Mike McCann.


Lukasiewicz, 29, of Wilcox, died two weeks ago when the UH-1Y Huey helicopter he was flying crashed in Nepal on a military mission to deliver relief supplies to rural villages devastated by a series of earthquakes. Five other U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers also were killed.

Firetrucks from the central Nebraska towns of Elba, St. Paul and Farwell — home to many members of Lukasiewicz’s large extended family, including his father, Keith — met Delta Flight 1582, which brought the Marine’s body home. So did two units from the Howard County Sheriff’s Office.

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STEVE LIEWER/THE WORLD-HERALD

The body of Dustin Lukasiewicz arrived at Eppley Airfield at 5 p.m. on a flight from Atlanta. Other passengers were asked to stay onboard until the flag-draped casket was taken off.

[Duckhunter935]

1. May he RIP

he was doing great work to help people

[Recursion]

2. Fair winds & following seas, Marine

Semper fi.