CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A local soldier killed in Jordan last month will be laid to rest on Friday with full military honors.
First Lieutenant Tyler Feehan, 25, died July 18 after an attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base.
Earlier this week, Feehan’s body was flown back to Georgia.
We will have LIVE coverage on how Feehan will be remembered throughout the morning starting at 4:30 a.m. on Channel 2 Action News This Morning, and on WSBTV.com.
His parents spoke to Channel 2 Action News shortly after the transfer ceremony and talked about how Tyler loved to travel and hike.
“He’s been to over 40 countries,” father Stephen Feehan said. “We had so much planned, and he was a go-getter.”
They said he was their only child, and he grew up in metro Atlanta and Savannah. He went to Addison Elementary School in Cobb County. At 18, he followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the U.S. Army.
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“He was always pushing education,” Stephen Feehan said. “He wanted to leave his soldiers better.”
His parents said the Army deployed him to Jordan in July 2025. His job was to intercept missiles heading toward U.S. bases and troops across the region.
They said his return date was set for July 18, 2026. The military extended his deployment orders, but that was the day he died in action.
“When we saw the news about the bombing in Jordan, we both, his dad and I, we knew it was him,” mother Shari Feehan said.
The military awarded their son the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for the number of lives he saved during the year-long deployment.
Tyler had planned to marry his fiancée and start law school when he returned home.
“That’s why we set up a scholarship fund for him,” said his dad.
He said the money will help open doors to education for those in the military.
“That’s what he cared about. He cared about education. He cared about his troops,” Stephen Feehan said.
His funeral will be held at 12:30 p.m. today in Woodstock. From there, Tyler will be laid to rest next to his grandfather, Retired U.S. Air Force Veteran Staff Sgt. Ben Feehan, at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton.