The grieving family of slain Army 1st Lt.Tyler Feehan remembered him as brave and passionate about life during an exclusive interview with "The Story" on Tuesday.Feehan, a 25-year-old Army soldier from Georgia, was one of three U.S.
service members killed in an Iranian drone attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on July 18."We are so proud of him, and it's just so touching that the country is also sharing in that pride with us," his mother Shari Feehan said.In the emotional tribute, Feehan’s mother and fiancée shared details about his final resting place in Georgia and recalled how elated he was to be deployed to the Middle East.TRUMP GIVES EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE TO FALLEN ARMY LT TYLER FEEHAN AFTER FLYING GRIEVING FAMILY ON AIR FORCE ONEShari Feehan reflected on the family’s flight home to Georgia aboard Air Force One following an invitation from President Donald Trump after the death of her son in Jordan. (Getty Images)"He was so excited to go," Feehan’s fiancée Claire Fletcher told Fox News."He was just so excited to finally do his job that he's been training for and working towards, and he was so excited to get out there and make a difference and change lives."While she was upset about her fiancé leaving on deployment, Fletcher said she was also excited for him to do what he loved and ultimately "come home."US SERVICE MEMBER KILLED IN IRAQ AS TROOPS RECOVER UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS IN JORDAN: CENTCOM"I was obviously very sad when I got the news that he was going to go, but I was very proud of him.
I was like, ‘You know what, I just — I just want you to go out there.I want you to get the experience that you are wanting to get out of this, and to come home,'" Fletcher said.U.S.
President Donald Trump salutes as a U.S.Army carry team carries the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt.
Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, during a dignified transfer solemn event for U.S.service members killed during operations in the Mid...