Biographies of our Fallen To date 146 soldiers and airmen have been preliminarily confirmed for inclusion on the memorial. Some 307 suggested and or discovered names still require significant research that may be eventually included on the KYNG Memorial. Sixteen names have been excluded because they did not meet the criteria. These numbers reflect only Kentucky National Guard members who died while in the line of duty from March 19, 1912 to present. March 19, 1912 is the date that Kentucky adopted the federal legislation known as the Dick Act. One of the changes it mandated was a name change from Kentucky State Guard to the Kentucky National Guard.

1. Kentucky National Guard Memorial
Our Fallen
March 19, 1912 to Present

2. Adamkavicius, Clayton L.
• Captain Clayton Lee
Adamkavicius, 43,
Louisville, Jefferson
County was mortally
wounded Thursday, April
20, 2006, by small arms
fire while investigating an
anti-coalition weapons
cache discovered near
Dihrawud district,
Uruzghan Province,
Afghanistan.

3. Adams, Delmar
• Technical Sergeant Delmar
Adams, 24, of Hogue,
Pulaski County was killed
in action on 9 December
1944 on Leyte Island in
the Philippines while on
federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

4. Allers III, William A.
• Staff Sergeant William
Alvin Allers III, 28, of
Leitchfield, Grayson
County, was killed near Al
Khalis, Iraq (40 miles
north of Baghdad) on
Tuesday, September 20,
2005 when his armored
humvee encountered an
Improvised Explosive
Device (IED).

5. Alley, Willie
• Private Willie Alley, 27, of
Barbourville, Knox County,
died in action in 1944 on
federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

6. Anness, Elzie E.
• Sergeant Elzie E. Anness,
21, of Harrodsburg,
Mercer County died on
January 27, 1943 at Camp
Tanagawa, Osaka, Japan
of dysentery while a
prisoner of war on federal
active duty.

7. Armstrong, Cecil P.
•
Second Lieutenant Cecil P.
Armstrong, 25, of Hopkinsville,
Christian County died on 20
September 1917 of appendicitis
while serving on active duty in
Lexington, with the 3rd Kentucky
Infantry Regiment. Armstrong joined
the Kentucky National Guard’s
Company D of the 3rd Kentucky
Infantry Regiment at the age of 17 in
August 1909 and was discharged in
October 1909 for being underage. He
again enlisted in August 1912 listing
his occupation as clerk. By the time
he re-enlisted in August 1915 he
listed his occupation as rural letter
carrier. He accepted a commission as
a Second Lieutenant in Company D in
July 1916.
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Photo
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8. Atkinson, David A.
• Technical Sergeant David
A. Atkinson 31, of
Louisville, Jefferson
County, died about 8 p.m.
Monday 22 July 1991
during an airborne
training exercise at
Hurlburt Field near Fort
Walton Beach Florida
performing a "highopening" jump from
about 12,500 feet.

9. Beery, Brock A.
• Staff Sergeant Brock A.
Beery, 30, of Whitehouse,
Tennessee, was killed
when his armored vehicle
encountered an
improvised explosive
device (IED) near Al
Habbaniyah, west of
Fallujah in Iraq on March
23, 2006 while on federal
active duty.

10. Bentley, William D.
• Staff Sergeant William
Dean Bentley, 47, of
Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, died while on
Inactive Duty for Training
at Fort Knox on 24 March
1992 resulting from a
cardiac arrest while
training at the Kentucky
Military Academy's NonCommissioned Officer
Academy.
No
Photo
Available

11. Bibb, Raymon R.
• Private Raymon R. Bibb of
Warren County died on
federal active duty on 28
January 1919. He was a
member of Co A, 3rd
Kentucky Infantry Bowling
Green
No
Photo
Available

12. Bottom Sr., Johnnie W.
• Technical Sergeant
Johnnie William Bottom
Sr., 26, of Harrodsburg,
Mercer County died of
malaria on 1 June 1942
while being held as a
prisoner of war in the
Philippines serving on
federal active duty during
World War II.

13. Brown, Harold M.
• Staff Sergeant Harold
Milton Brown, 26, Mt.
Washington, Bullitt
County, was killed on 11
June 1969 by rocket fire
while in a bunker in Chu
Lai, Vietnam while serving
on federal active duty.
Brown was serving with
Battery C, 1st Battalion,
82nd Artillery Americal
Division at the time of his
death.

14. Brown, Lanny K.
• Private First Class Lanny
Kay Brown, 19, of Windy,
Wayne County, died on 15
July 1970, by
electrocution when he
was struck by lightning
during annual training
with his unit at Fort Knox.
He was in Inactive Duty
for Training status.

15. Brown, Thomas J.
• Sergeant Thomas J.
"Tommy" Brown of
Madisonville, Hopkins
County, age 34, drowned
in the Pond River at
approximately 2:30 p.m.
on Saturday, January 23,
1937 while on state active
duty in response to the
flood of 1937 one half
mile west of Jewel City in
nine feet of flood water.
No
Photo
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16. Bussell, Vernon H.
• Sergeant Vernon Harold
Bussell, 23, of
Harrodsburg, Mercer
County was lost at sea on
24 October 1944 when an
American submarine
attacked the unmarked
Japanese prisoner
transport ship he was
being held aboard
enroute to Formosa as a
prisoner of war on federal
active duty.

17. Carnes, Nicholas R.
• Staff Sergeant Nicholas
Ray Carnes, 25, of Ludlow,
Kenton County, was killed
on Sunday, 26 August
2007 by small arms fire
during a firefight in the
village of Lewanne Bazaar,
Paktika Province,
Afghanistan while on
federal active duty.

18. Carr, Bertram A.
• Sergeant Bertram
Anthony "Sonny" Carr, 26,
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, was killed in
Vietnam on 1 June 1969
near Hamburger Hill,
Quant Tri Province,
Vietnam while serving
with B Battery 2-138th
Artillery while on federal
active duty.

19. Carrico, Joseph R.
• Technician Fifth Class
Joseph Robert Carrico, 21,
of Springfield, Washington
County, was killed in a
friendly fire incident on 14
September 1943 while
serving in Italy with the
106th Anti-Aircraft
Artillery (Automatic
Weapons) Battalion.
No
Photo
Available

20. Chappel, Luther M.
• First Sergeant Luther
Malcolm Chappel,
Worthville, Carroll County,
of "C" Battery, 2d
Battalion, 138th Field
Artillery was killed on
June 19, 1969 at Firebase
TOMAHAWK in Vietnam.

21. Clemons, Thomas W.
• Staff Sergeant Thomas
Wade “Turtle” Clemons,
37, Falls of Rough,
Grayson County, died
December 11, 2006 as he
was preparing to go on
patrol with his team near
Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, when
he succumbed to a heart
attack while on federal
active duty.

22. Cloud, Carl W.
• Private First Class Carl
William Cloud, 18, of
McWhorter, Laurel
County, died on 17 July
1955 from an electrical
shock when lightning
struck a tree he was
seeking shelter under
during a storm while at
Annual Training at Camp
Breckinridge.

23. Cloyd, Robert V.
• Private First Class Robert
Vernon “Bobby” Cloyd,
22, of Harrodsburg,
Mercer County was lost at
sea on 24 October 1944
when an American
submarine attacked the
unmarked Japanese
prisoner transport ship he
was being held aboard
enroute to Formosa as a
prisoner of war on federal
active duty.

24. Collins, David B.
• Specialist 4 David B.
Collins, 24, of Nelson
County was killed on June
19, 1969 at Firebase
Tomahawk near Thua
Thien, South Vietnam
while on federal active
duty with his unit - C
Battery of the 2d
Battalion, 138th Field
Artillery.

25. Conder, George C.
• Captain George C. Conder, 31,
of Jefferson County perished on
July 14, 1951 while on federal
active duty due to the Korean
War with his Kentucky Air
National Guard unit, the 165th
Fighter-Bomber Squadron
stationed at Godman Army Air
Field, Fort Knox. Conder died in
a mid-air collision while piloting
his F-51D (44-73336)
approximately one mile east
north east of West Point,
Kentucky during a massive
flight demonstration near Fort
Knox.

26. Cornn, Opal E.
• Opal E. Corn of Laurel County
joined the Kentucky National
Guard in August 1939 as a
Private in the Troop L of the
123rd Cavalry. The unit
converted to Battery D of the
103rd Separate Battalion Coast
Artillery (Anti Aircraft) in
November 1940. He would
have been called to federal
active duty with his unit in
January 1941. At this time the
records of his active duty
during World War II have not
been located but he is listed as
died body not recovered and is
presumed to have been in the
line of duty.
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Photo
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27. Crick, Ancel E.
• Private First Class Ancel
Edgar Crick, 27, of Mercer
County was lost at sea on
24 October 1944 when an
American submarine
attacked the unmarked
Japanese prisoner
transport ship he was
being held aboard
enroute to Formosa as a
prisoner of war on federal
active duty.

28. Crone, Frank
• Private Frank Crone, of
Covington, Kenton County, a
member of the Kentucky
National Guard, was on duty
as a guard at the Newport
Rolling Mill was being
relieved from duty by John
Yates of Newport; he was
accidentally killed on March
13, 1922. The revolver
slipped from Yates' pocket
and fell to the ground,
discharging and mortally
wounding Crone.
No
Photo
Available

29. Cubert, Clinton W.
• Master Sergeant Clinton
Wayne Cubert, 38, of
Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, died on April 16,
2006 at the Lexington
Veterans Affairs Medical
Center of injuries sustained
when an improvised
explosive device detonated
near his armored HMMWV
during combat operations in
Samarra, Iraq, on Sept. 11,
2005.

30. Cummins, John L.
• Private First Class John
Lewis Cummins, 23, of
Mercer County was lost at
sea on 24 October 1944
when an American
submarine attacked the
unmarked Japanese
prisoner transport ship he
was being held aboard
enroute to Formosa as a
prisoner of war on federal
active duty.

31. Cundiff, William
• Private William Cundiff,
25, of Rowan County died
of wounds in France on 14
October 1918. Cundiff had
previously served with
Company M, 2nd
Kentucky Infantry and the
149th Infantry He is buried
in the Meuse-Argonne
American Cemetery
Romagne, France.
No
Photo
Available

32. Dean, Oscar
• Sergeant Oscar Dean, 23,
Mercer County joined the
Harrodsburg National
Guard unit some time
before it was activated in
November 1940. He was
taken prisoner on 9 April
1941 and survived the
Death March. He was held
at Camp O'Donnell and
Cabanatuan where he
died of dysentery on 20
October 42.

33. Deaton, Robert
• Private Robert Deaton, 19
of Knox County a member
of Company G, 149th
Infantry Barbourville, KY,
was accidentally killed at
the corner of Powell and
Brighton streets in
Covington on December
24, 1921 while on state
active duty during steel
strikes at Newport.
No
Photo
Available

34. Denny, Wallace
• Staff Sergeant Wallace
Denny, 23, of Mercer
County died of diphtheria
& malaria in the early
morning hours of 22 July
1942 at Camp Cabanatuan
#1 in the Philippines as a
prisoner of war on federal
active duty.

35. Devine, Ben R.
• Sergeant Ben R. “Bud”
Devine, 23, of Mercer
County died of dysentery
on 19 May 1942 at Camp
O'Donnell, Philippines as a
prisoner of war on federal
active duty.

36. Durham, James L.
• James Lee Durham of
Bowling Green, Warren
County, joined Service
Company of the 149th
Infantry of the Kentucky
National Guard in April
1939. On active duty during
World War II, Durham was
commissioned a Second
Lieutenant and served with
Company B of the 307th
Airborne Engineer Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division. He
was killed on D-Day, June 6,
1944 in Normandy, France.
No
Photo
Available

37. Foster, Willard E.
• Private Willard Emmal
Foster, 18, of Mercer,
County was taken
prisoner of war on 9 April
1941 and survived the
Death March. Foster died
of dysentery on 1 June
1942.

38. French, Edward T.
• Sergeant Edward Theodore
French, 24, of Mercer
County joined the
Harrodsburg National Guard
unit, with his brother
Morgan. Edward French was
injured by shrapnel from
Japanese bombing and was
in a field hospital on Bataan.
A shell fired from Ft. Drum
fell short and hit the
hospital, Edward, along with
24 other soldiers, was killed
on 22 April 1942.

39. Gannon, James J.
• Private James Gannon of
Springfield, Washington
County joined the
Kentucky National Guard's
Troop I of the 123d
Cavalry in May 1940. The
unit was redesignated
Battery C, 106th Coast
Artillery, (AA) in
November 1940.
No
Photo
Available

40. Goodpaster, Roy E.
• Private Roy Edward
Goodpaster, 25, of Mercer
County enlisted in the
Harrodsburg National Guard
unit just five days before
they were activated in
November 1940 and was
trained as a tank driver. He
was taken prisoner on 9
April 1942 and survived the
Death March. He died of
injuries he sustained during
the sinking of two Hell Ships
he was transported on.

41. Hacker, Robert S.
• Major Robert Stephen
Hacker, 36, of Ashland,
Boyd County, died of
injuries received in a
vehicle accident while on
active duty in the
Esmeraldas Province of
Ecuador on July 8, 1998
just three days before he
was scheduled to return
home to Ashland.

42. Hale, Nathaniel G.
• Lieutenant Nathaniel
Gibson Hale, 24, of
Murray, Calloway County
died of an accidental
gunshot wound on
January 13, 1917 while on
federal active duty with
his unit near El Paso, Texas
during the Punitive
Expedition

43. Hargraves, George M.
• Private George M.
Hargraves, 20, of Jefferson
County died of
Pneumonia on 17
February 1917 while
serving with Company G
of the 1st Kentucky
Infantry on active duty
during the punitive
expedition at Fort Bliss,
Texas.
No
Photo
Available

44. Harris Jr., Arthur F.
• First Lieutenant Arthur
Franklin Harris Jr., 26, of
Louisville, Jefferson
County died of accidental
injuries on 6 Aug 1918
while serving in France
while on federal active
duty.
No
Photo
Available

45. Hawkins, William G.
• Master Sergeant William
G. Hawkins, 41, of
Crestwood, Oldham
County perished on 6
February 1992 in
Evansville, Indiana when a
Kentucky Air National
Guard Lockheed C-130B
crashed during a training
flight.

46. Hayes, Michael R.
• Specialist Michael Ray
Hayes, 29, of
Morgantown, Butler
County, was killed and
four others were
wounded on Tuesday,
June 14, 2005 near
Baghdad, Iraq when
insurgents fired on their
armored Humvee with a
rocket-propelled grenade.

47. Heines, Donald J.
• Sergeant First Class Donald
Joseph Heines, 24, of Louisville,
Jefferson County, died on 17
August 1955. Heines developed
a mild case of ivy poisoning
during the last few days of
annual training at Camp
Breckinridge (10-24 July 1955).
After annual training he
developed an infection and
which lead to kidney disease
which caused his death. The
Department of the Army ruled
that his initial injury was
incurred in the line of duty and
his death was a result of his
injury and therefore in the line
of duty.
No
Photo
Available

48. Hehman, Thomas L.
• First Lieutenant Thomas
Louis Hehman, 27 of
Campbell County was
killed in action on
September 22, 1944 while
serving with Battery C of
the 103rd Coast Artillery
Battalion (AA) near Villa il
Fango, Italy.
No
Photo
Available

49. Henderson II, Robert L.
• First Lieutenant Robert
Lewis. Henderson, II, 33, of
Alvaton, Warren County,
died April 17, 2004 in,
Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his
convoy came under small
arms attack. Henderson,
mortally wounded,
continued to drive his
vehicle and lead the convoy
out of the ambush and
repositioned his vehicle so
that the other soldiers in the
vehicle could return fire
before he collapsed.

50. Herd, John D.
• Second Lieutenant John
Daugh Herd, 30, of
Booneville, Owsley
County died of Typhoid
Fever at Camp Perry, Ohio
on August 22, 1913 where
he was to have competed
in a national shooting
competition.
No
Photo
Available

51. Herman Sr., Jack L.
• Sergeant First Class Jack
Lee Herman of Louisville,
Jefferson County, died of a
heart attack during annual
training with the Kentucky
Army National Guard at
Fort Pickett, VA on 31 July
1981.

52. Hite, Harold F.
• Private Harold Frank Hite,
18, of Warren County died
on 4 February 1917 of
pneumonia at the Fort
Bliss hospital while on
Federal Duty during the
Mexican Border
Campaign.
No
Photo
Available

53. Howard, Jeffrey C.
• Private First Class Jeffery
Clinton Howard of
Muhlenberg County died on
16 April 1978 while training
with his unit, the 307th
Maintenance Company –
Central City, at Ft. Campbell.
Howard walked behind the
truck, which had been
parked on a gradual incline
and rolled backwards some
4 feet and pinned him
between a tree and the
trailer of the truck.
No
Photo
Available

54. Hudson, Richard L.
• Second Lieutenant
Richard Lloyd Hudson of
Jefferson County perished
on 30 October 1957 near
Vevay, Indiana when the
Kentucky Air National
Guard F-86A Sabre Jet he
was piloting crashed
during a routine Air
Defense Command
scramble while serving on
federal active duty.

55. Hughes, Jonathan A.
• Sergeant Jonathan
“Adam” Hughes, 21, of
Lebanon, Marion County,
was killed on Saturday,
March 19, 2005 in Iraq
when his armored
HMMWV vehicle
encountered an
improvised explosive
device (IED) during an
escort patrol for a convoy
enroute to Baghdad
International Airport.

56. Hughes, Marvin W
• First Lieutenant Marvin W.
Hughes of Marion,
Crittenden County was
killed in action on
December 12, 1944 in
France on federal active
duty.
No
Photo
Available

57. Hungate, Wesley D.
• Private First Class Wesley
Davis Hungate, 23, of
Mercer County, was taken
prisoner of war on 9 April
1942 and survived the
Bataan Death March but
died at Camp O'Donnell
16 May 1942 of dysentery.

58. Isenberg, Regina L.
• Staff Sergeant Regina L.
Isenberg of Bowling
Green, Warren County,
was killed in a military
vehicle accident on
Tuesday, 10 April 1990 on
the Western Kentucky
Parkway near Leitchfield
in Grayson County.
No
Photo
Available

59. Johnson Jr., Alexander E.
• Corporal Alexander
Edward Johnson Jr. of
Louisville, Jefferson
County, was killed on
December 23, 1942 while
serving with 18th Infantry
Regiment, 1st Infantry Div
in the North Africa while
on federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

60. Johnson Jr., Jeff
• First Lieutenant Jeff
Johnson Jr. of London,
Laurel County, died of
wounds on 27 July 1944
while serving in Italy with
536th Anti-Aircraft
Artillery (Automatic
Weapons) Battalion on
federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

61. Jones, Charles J.
• Sergeant First Class
Charles Jason Jones of
Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, 29, died Sept. 20,
2006 at Camp Liberty in
Baghdad of non-combat
related causes while on
federal active duty.

62. Jones, Steven E.
• Private Steven E. Jones of
DeMossville, Pendleton
County, was killed in a
training accident on 29
April 1984 in Cynthiana.
Jones had just joined the
unit on March 2nd.
No
Photo
Available

63. Jones Jr., Joseph D.
• First Lieutenant Joseph D.
Jones Jr. of Barbourville,
Knox County was lost on
January 24, 1944 and is
listed on the tablets of the
missing at Manila
American Cemetery in
Manila, Philippines
serving in the Army Air
Corps with the 75th
Bomber Squadron, 42nd
Bomber Group, Medium
on federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

64. Keeling, Berchell
• Technical Sergeant
Berchell Keeling, 19, of
Mercer County died on 1
July 1942 at Camp
Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija,
Philippines of dysentery
while being held as a
prisoner of war on federal
active duty.

65. Kehrer, Merlin R.
• Captain Merlin R. Kehrer,
29, of Louisville, Jefferson
County, perished in the
crash of his F-51 near
Leesburg, Va. on March
30, 1951 returning to
Louisville from Bolling Air
Force Base near
Washington D.C.

66. Kelly, Lawrence B.
• First Lieutenant Lawrence
Bertrand Kelly of Louisville,
Jefferson County, died in
Korea while serving on
federal active duty flying an
F-80 with the 80th Fighter
Bomber Squadron, 8 Fighter
Bomb Group. He was
declared missing on 16
December 1951 and his
status was changed from
MIA to KIA on 31 December
1953.
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No
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Available

67. Klingaman, Warren G.
• Captain Warren G.
Klingaman, 29, of
Louisville, Jefferson
County, perished on 6
February 1992 in
Evansville, Indiana when a
Kentucky Air National
Guard Lockheed C-130B
crashed during a training
flight.

68. LaFon Jr., Harry R.
• Second Lieutenant Harry
Ricker LaFon, Jr. of Mercer
County, was taken
prisoner on 9 April 1942
and survived the Bataan
Death March. He perished
when a “Hell Ship” an
unmarked prisoner
transport was sunk 7
September 1944.

69. Langnehs, Bonnie L.
• First Lieutenant Bonnie L.
Langnehs, 23, of
Louisville, Jefferson
County died on June 9,
1944 in France while
serving with the Company
C of the 325th Glider
Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division on
federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

70. Leech, Joe
• Captain Joe Leech, 59, of
Sedalia, Graves County,
died 1 October 1945 while
on federal active duty
during World War II at the
Kennedy General Hospital
in Memphis, Tennessee,
of carcinoma of the
stomach.

71. Leonard, Frederick J.
• Master Sergeant Frederick
J. Leonard of Campbell
County died on 1 October
1945 of non combat
related causes while
serving with the Army in
World War II on federal
active duty.
No
Photo
Available

72. Leonard, Hugh J.
• Private Hugh J. Leonard,
28, of Mercer County, was
taken prisoner on 9 April
1942. He survived the
Bataan Death March and
perished when the “Hell
Ship” unmarked prisoner
transport he was being
transported on was sunk
off the west coast of
Mindanao on 7
September 1944.

73. Leonard Jr., Fred C.
• Private Fred C. Leonard,
Jr., 23, of Mercer County,
was taken prisoner on 9
April 1942 and died on 28
July 1942 at Camp
Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija,
Philippines of cerebral
malaria as a prisoner of
war while on federal
active duty.

74. Liles, William C
• First Sergeant William C.
Liles, 32, of Ohio County,
of Company H, 3rd
Kentucky Infantry of
Hartford, Ohio County,
Kentucky died on
February 20, 1917 of
pneumonia while on
active federal duty near El
Paso.
No
Photo
Available

75. Maddox, Kenneth G.
• First Lieutenant Kenneth
G. Maddox of Jefferson
County was fatally
wounded while
commanding an anti-tank
crew defending Clervaux,
Luxembourg, on
December 18 during the
Battle of the Bulge. He
died Christmas Day in a
German field hospital.

76. Mantell Jr., Thomas F.
• Captain Thomas F. Mantell
Jr., 25, of Louisville,
Jefferson County was
killed in an aircraft
accident on January 7,
1948, while on training
died in a plane crash near
Franklin, Simpson County
where he was born.

77. Mason, William M.
• Private William McKinley
Mason of Livermore,
McLean County died on
30 October 1918 while
serving in the Army during
World War I. He took part
in the 2nd Battle of Marne
and the Argonne. He
served overseas from
June 1918 until his death
in October 1918.
No
Photo
Available

78. Matero, Christopher A.
• Technical Sergeant
Christopher A. Matero, 31,
of Indiana, a Combat
controller for the 123d
Special Tactics Flight of
the Kentucky Air National
Guard perished when a
U.S. Air Force MC-130H
crashed during a training
flight in Puerto Rico 7 AUG
2002.

79. May, Martin
• Chief Warrant Officer 4
Martin May of
Owensboro, Daviess
County, died of a heart
attack at Fort Hood, Texas
at Annual Training on 14
March 1975.

80. McHenry, Joseph M.
• Staff Sergeant Joseph
Maurice McHenry of
Owensboro, Daviess
County, died on 22 July
1977 in a 1/4 Ton jeep
accident during a convoy
from Fort Hood, Texas to
Home Station in
Owensboro.
No
Photo
Available

81. McIlvoy, Joseph R.
• Private First Class Joseph
R. McIlvoy, Mackville,
Washington County, of "C"
Battery, 2d Battalion,
138th Field Artillery was
killed on June 19, 1969 at
Firebase TOMAHAWK in
Vietnam while on federal
active duty.

82. McKinney, Donnie P.
• Specialist 4 Donnie Paul
McKinney of Marion,
Crittenden County, died
on July 26, 1986 when he
was struck by lightning
during while training at
Fort Campbell.

83. McMurry, William A.
• Sergeant First Class
William Arnold McMurry,
40, of Lexington, Fayette
County, died on Saturday,
October 20, 1979 from a
cardiac arrest and was
pronounced dead at
Ireland Army Hospital,
Fort Knox, Kentucky.
No
Photo
Available

84. Medley, John M.
• Master Sergeant John M.
Medley, 38, of Louisville,
Jefferson County, perished
on 6 February 1992 in
Evansville, Indiana when a
Kentucky Air National
Guard Lockheed C-130B
crashed during a training
flight.

85. Merkel, Lee J.
• Lieutenant Colonel Lee J.
Merkel, 37, of Jefferson
County perished on 31
January 1956 when the F51 aircraft he was piloting
crashed ten miles north of
Bedford, Indiana.

86. Miles, Edwin C.
• Private Edwin “Eddie”
Clyde Miles, 17, of
London, Laurel County,
died on 17 July 1955 from
an electrical shock when
lightning struck a tree he
was seeking shelter under
during a storm while at
Annual Training at Camp
Breckinridge.

87. Miley, Hugh L.
• Sergeant Hugh L Miley, 26,
of Louisville, Jefferson
County died on 26
October 1918 in a railroad
collision in France while
serving with Headquarters
Co., 138th Field Artillery
on federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

88. Miller, Elmer A.
• Private Elmer A. Miller, 24,
of Lancaster, Garrard
County died on 30
October 1918 of cerebro
spinal meningitis while on
Active Duty during World
War I at Camp Taylor near
Louisville serving with the
159th Depot Brigade.
No
Photo
Available

89. Miller, Huston G.
• Private Huston George
Miller, Louisville, Jefferson
County, died from a
severe heat stroke on 6
August 1947 at Fort Knox
during annual training
while serving on KP duty
in the unit mess hall while
working on a dishwashing
machine.

90. Million, Joseph B.
• Staff Sergeant Joseph
Baxter Million, 26, of
Mercer County, was taken
prisoner of war on 9 April
1942. He died on 14
December 1944 when he
was burned to death
during the Palawan Island
Massacre on federal
active duty.

91. Miracle, Andrew
• Private Andrew Miracle,
23, of Colman, Bell County
died 29 September 1918
of lobar pneumonia while
overseas on federal active
duty during World War I.
No
Photo
Available

92. Mitchell, Courtney L
• Courtney Leland Mitchell,
27, of Louisville, Jefferson
County died while serving
on active duty during
World War II. At the time
of his death he was a First
Lieutenant serving with
the Army Air Corps 31st
Bomber Squadron, 5th
Bomber Group, Heavy.
No
Photo
Available

93. Montgomery, Ryan J.
• Sergeant Ryan Jay
Montgomery, 22, of
Greensburg, Green
County, was killed on
Sunday, July 3, 2005 in
Iraq when his up-armored
HUMVEE encountered an
improvised explosive
device while returning
from a convoy escort
mission near Baghdad.

94. Moore, James T.
• Sergeant James T. Moore,
Bardstown, Nelson
County, of "C" Battery, 2d
Battalion, 138th Field
Artillery was killed on
June 19, 1969 at Firebase
TOMAHAWK in Vietnam.

95. Owsley, Estel E.
• Capt. Estel E. Owsley, 32,
of Middlesboro, Bell
County, Company H.
Second Kentucky
Regiment of Middlesboro
died at 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday, February 11, 1917
of pneumonia at Fort
Thomas, Kentucky on
federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

96. Parrott, John E.
• Sergeant John Edward
Parrott, 23, of Springfield,
Washington County was
killed on 14 September
1943 in Italy during World
War II serving with Battery
C of the 106th Coast
Artillery Anti Aircraft on
federal active duty.

97. Phillips, Sammie E.
• Private First Class Sammie
E. Phillips of Vine Grove,
Hardin County, was killed
on Monday, September
10, 2007 when his vehicle
overturned while
conducting a traffic
control mission on a
highway near Rustamiyah,
Iraq while on federal
active duty.

98. Potter, Darrin K.
• Sergeant Darrin K. Potter,
24, of Louisville, Jefferson,
County, drowned as a
result of military vehicle
accident responding to
reports of a mortar attack
outside of Baghdad, Iraq
near Abu Ghraib Prison on
29 September 2003 while
serving on federal active
duty.

99. Powell, Glave T.
• Sergeant Glave Thomas
Powell of Harrodsburg,
Mercer County, died on
January 12, 1975 in an
auto accident while
returning home from
weekend training at the
Lexington armory as a
result of hazardous driving
conditions.
No
Photo
Available

100. Powell, James H
• Private James H. Powell,
20, of Lexington, Fayette
County was killed in
action on 28 July 1918 at
the Battle of Chateau
Thierry, France while on
federal active duty.

101. Preston, Everett R.
• Second Lieutenant Everett
R. Preston, 25, of Mercer
County died of Acute
Enteritis on April 21, 1945
at Fukuoka Camp #1-D in
Japan where he had been
made to work in the
Onoda Coal Mine while
being held as a prisoner of
war on federal active duty.

102. Ralph, Carl C
• First Sergeant Carl C.
Ralph of Ohio County died
during World War II while
on federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

103. Rogers, Timothy J.
• Private First Class Timothy
J. Rogers, age 19, of
Corbin, Whitley County,
passed away on July 27,
2009, as the result of a
traffic accident while on
the way home from
annual training.

104. Ross, Richard L.
• Captain Richard Lee Ross,
32, of Prospect, Jefferson
County, died on 1 October
1950 in an aircraft
accident near West Point
Kentucky during a training
flight.

105. Roth Sr., James L.
• Technical Sergeant James
Lawrence Roth of
Louisville, Jefferson
County, a member of the
123d Consolidated
Aircraft Maintenance
Squadron, died of a heart
attack on 14 June 1989
while at work at the
Kentucky Air National
Guard Base.

106. Rowan, Danny E.
• Private First Class Danny
Edwin Rowan of Hartford,
Ohio County, Died on 22
July 1977 in a 1/4 Ton jeep
accident during a convoy
from Fort Hood, Texas to
Home Station in
Owensboro.
No
Photo
Available

107. Rowe, William N.
• First Lieutenant William
Neil Rowe, 23, of
Louisville, Jefferson
County died on January
27, 1945 at Luzon,
Philippines while on
federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

108. Rue, Archibald B.
• Second Lieutenant
Archibald B. “Arch” Rue,
29, of Mercer County,
died at Fukuoka Camp #22
in Japan of Acute Enteritis
on April 21, 1945

109. Ruiz, Eugene L.
• First Lieutenant Eugene
Louis Ruiz, 28, of
Louisville, Jefferson
County, died on a combat
mission piloting his F-51D
Mustang fighter aircraft
which took enemy fire
and burst into flames
crashing 15 miles west of
Chorwon, Korea on July 2,
1951 on while on federal
active duty.

110. Sallee, Hezakiah F.
• Sergeant Hezakiah
Franklin "Heze" Sallee, 23,
of Mercer County, died on
6 June 1944 from a
fractured skull he received
in a coal mining accident
while on federal active
duty as a prisoner of war
at camp Fukuoka #17 in
Japan.

111. Sallee, James W.
• Private James William
Sallee, 28, of Mercer
County died when the
Hell Ship Arisan Maru, an
unmarked prisoner
transport, was attacked
and sunk on 24 October
1944 while he was being
held as a prisoner of war
on federal active duty.

112. Sanders, Roger M.
• Captain Roger Moss
Sanders, 31, of Louisville,
Jefferson county died on
14 Sep 1971 when the RF101 Voodoo he was
piloting crashed shortly
after a joint takeoff with
another aircraft during a
night refueling exercise.
He was able to eject but
did not survive his
injuries.

113. Sawyer, Robert W.
• Capt Robert Wychwood
“Buz” Sawyer, 30, of
Nashville, Tennessee was
killed after ejecting from his
disabled RF-101C Voodoo (
aircraft #56-010) near
Kansas City, Missouri on 5
August 1968 serving on
federal active duty during
the Pueblo Crisis. Sawyer
was able to steer his aircraft
away from nearby populated
areas before ejecting.

114. Scanlon Jr., Jennings B.
• Sergeant Jennings Bryan
Scanlon Jr., 20, of Mercer
County, died at
Cabanatuan #1 Nueva
Ecija, Philippines of
dysentery on 8 June 1942
while being held as a
prisoner of war serving on
federal active duty.

115. Scott, Grover C
• Sergeant Grover C. Scott,
23, of Fayette County died
on the border during the
punitive campaign of
pneumonia at the Fort
Bliss hospital on 22
January 1917on federal
active duty near El Paso,
Texas
No
Photo
Available

116. Sherrill, James A.
• Sergeant James Alexander
Sherrill, 27, of Ekron,
Meade County, was killed
Sunday April 3, 2005, in
Bayji, Iraq, when his
armored medium truck
encountered an
Improvised Explosive
Device (IED) while on
federal active duty

117. Shewmaker, John W.
• Captain John William
Shewmaker of
Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, was killed while
flying an escort mission
over North Korea on a
bombing raid on 23
October 1951 while
serving on federal active
duty. He was classified
missing in action until the
end of 1953.

118. Sigley Jr., Randolph A.
• Sergeant Randolph Alonzo
Sigley, Jr., 28, of Richmond
(Madison County), was found
dead in his quarters on 18 April
2010 at the Bagram
Afghanistan airbase where he
was serving with the Kentucky
Army National Guard's 2123rd
Transportation Company. A
member of the Kentucky Army
National Guard since 2006,
Sigley also had a previous tour
of duty in Afghanistan during
his service with the Marine
Corps (2000-2004).

119. Simon, Vincent
• Second Lieutenant
Vincent Simon, age 30, of
Glasgow, Barren County,
died on 15 September
1984 at Fort Knox,
Kentucky in the line of
duty while on inactive
Duty for Training (IDT).

120. Simpson, Ronald E.
• Specialist 4 Ronald E.
Simpson, Bardstown,
Nelson County, of "C"
Battery, 2d Battalion,
138th Field Artillery was
killed on June 19, 1969 at
Firebase TOMAHAWK in
Vietnam.

121. Smith, William L.
• Lieutenant Colonel
William Leo Smith of
Louisville, Jefferson
County, died on 27
November 1968 in an
aircraft accident when the
UH-1 Helicopter he was a
passenger on crashed off
the coast of Kangnung,
Korea in the Sea of Japan
while he was on extended
federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

122. Snowden Jr., Lonnie L.
• First Lieutenant Lonnie
Lawrence Snowden Jr. of
Louisville, Jefferson
County died in a plane
crash on October 5, 1945
serving on federal active
with the 869th
Bombardment Squadron,
497th Bombardment
Group, 73rd
Bombardment Wing.
No
Photo
Available

123. Somerville, Claude D.
•
Claude D. Somerville, 19, of Portland,
Tennessee took ill on 7 March 1917 and
was admitted to the Louisville city hospital
where he perished on 25 March 1917
from surgical complications. He
apparently became ill with measles and
later developed pneumonia while still on
federal active duty. He somewhat
recovered from the pneumonia only to
became ill from emphysema which led to
an “acute dilation of the heart due to
general septicemia” an infection of the
blood. He enlisted in Company M of the
Third Regiment of the Kentucky National
Guard in Franklin, Kentucky on 13 October
1916. Portland is only 11 miles from
Franklin. He died shortly after returning
from federal active duty on the Mexican
Border during the Punitive Expedition. He
was laid to rest in the Somerville
Cemetery in Robertson County,
Tennessee.

124. Speer, Leslie T.
• Second Lieutenant Leslie
Thomas Speer, 22, of
Jeffersontown, Jefferson
County was killed in action
on 6 February 1945 in
Rovereto Italy serving as a
pilot in the U.S. Army Air
Force’s 447th Bombardment
Squadron, 321st
Bombardment Group,
Medium, 57th
Bombardment Wing aboard
a B-25 Mitchell medium
bomber in northern Italy.

125. Stamper, Larue
• CW2 Larue Stamper of
Jackson, Breathitt County
died of a heart attack on
26 February 1982 while
on the advance
detachment for annual
training in Meridian,
Mississippi enroute to
Camp Shelby.
No
Photo
Available

126. Stanfill, Glenn S.
• Sergeant Glenn Scott
Stanfill of Perry County
sustained fatal injuries
when the HUMMWV
(M998) he was driving
was struck by a tractortrailer on the Hal Rogers
Parkway on 12 March
2004 enroute to the East
Kentucky Training Site
EKTS-A (Artemus).

127. Steele, Herbert C.
• Private Herbert C. Steele,
23, of Mercer died on 13
June 1942 at Camp
O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac,
Philippines of dysentery
while being held as a
prisoner of war on federal
active duty.

128. Strang, Richard A.
• Major Richard Allen
Strang, 39, of Floyds
Knobs, Floyd County,
Indiana perished on 6
February 1992 in
Evansville, Indiana when a
Kentucky Air National
Guard Lockheed C-130B
crashed during a training
flight.

129. Terhune, Yandell
• First Sergeant Yandell
Terhune, 22, of Mercer
County died of dysentery
on 12 July 1942 at
Cabanatuan #1 Nueva
Ecija, Philippines while
being held as a prisoner of
war on federal active
duty.

130. Thompson, James R.
• Lieutenant Colonel James
Robert Thompson, 44,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, died on 24 May
1976 while at annual
training at Camp Shelby,
Mississippi of a heart
attack.

131. Toth, Eric L.
• Sergeant Eric Lee Toth, 21
of Edmonton, Metcalfe
County, was killed on
Wednesday, March 30,
2005 in Iraq when his
HUMVEE encountered a
vehicle-borne Improvised
Explosive Device (IED)
while returning from an
escort patrol for a convoy
along the main supply
route in Baghdad.

132. Tracy Martin A.
• Technical Sergeant Martin
A. Tracy, 33, of Louisville,
Jefferson County, a
Combat controller for the
123d Special Tactics Flight
of the Kentucky Air
National Guard perished
when a U.S. Air Force MC130H crashed during a
training flight in Puerto
Rico 7 AUG 2002.

133. Trisler, Edward V.
• Corporal Edward Vivion
Trisler, 21, of Mercer
County, died of dysentery
at Cabanatuan Nueva
Ecija, Philippines on
December 23, 1942 while
being held as a prisoner of
war on federal active duty.

134. Turner, Owen W.
• First Lieutenant Owen W.
Turner, 29, of Pleasure
Ridge, Jefferson County
died when his burning
plane crashed near
Piedmont, Alabama on 28
January 1957 some sixty
miles west of Atlanta
during a navigational
proficiency flight.

135. Uhl, Timothy G.
• Private First Class Timothy
George Uhl of Lexington,
Fayette County, died on
January 12, 1975 in an
auto accident returning
home from training in
hazardous weather
conditions.

136. Van Arsdall, George A.
• First Lieutenant George A.
“Jimmy” Van Arsdall, 32,
of Mercer County, died on
12 January 1945 when the
"Hell Ship" Enoura Maru,
an unmarked prisoner
transport ship, was sunk
while being transported
as a prisoner of war on
federal active duty.

137. Vaughan, Manley
• Private Manley Vaughan
of Lawrence County was
killed near Borderland W.
Va., by armed gunmen on
May 25, 1921 on state
active duty along the
Kentucky – West Virginia
Border in connection with
a coal strike in the Tug
River District.
No
Photo
Available

138. Wallace, Daniel
• Sergeant Daniel Wallace,
27 of Dry Ridge, Grant
County, Kentucky was
killed on Friday, October
31, 2008 when his unit
was attacked by enemy
forces while conducting a
route clearing mission to
remove improvised
explosive devices (IED’s) in
West Paktika Province,
Afghanistan serving on
federal active duty.

139. Wells, John W.
• Private John W. Wells, 21,
of Henderson, Henderson
County died on 9 October
1918 while on active duty
serving with Company A
of the 116th Engineers,
2nd Engineer Regiment,
2nd Division during World
War I on federal active
duty.
No
Photo
Available

140. White, Delmar
• Staff Sergeant Delmar
White, Lexington, Fayette
County, was killed on
Sunday, September 2,
2007 by an improvised
explosive device while on
a convoy escort mission in
Baghdad, Iraq serving on
federal active duty.

141. Williams, Billy J.
• Major Billy Joe Williams,
40, of Marion, Crittenden
County, died from enemy
fire in the line of duty on 6
May 1970 in Vietnam on
federal active duty.
No
Photo
Available

142. Willis Jr., Edward G
• Private Edward George
Willis Jr., 24, of Mercer
County, died on 3 July
1942 at Camp
Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija,
Philippines of dysentery
while being held as a
prisoner of war on federal
active duty.

143. Witty, Kenneth
•
Private Kenneth Witty, 18, of Hopkinsville,
Christian County, died while on federal
active duty of Typhoid Pneumonia at Fort
Thomas, Kentucky on 15 July 1916. He
was part of the Kentucky National Guard
contingent called to federal duty to patrol
a sixty mile stretch of the border between
Fort Bliss and Fort Hancock during the
Punitive Expedition. He enlisted in
Company D, 1st Battalion of the 3rd
Kentucky Infantry Regiment on 21 June
1916 and listed his civilian occupation at
that time as a clerk. Witty’s body was
accompanied home by Second Lieutenant
Cecil Armstrong of Company D. He was
laid to rest in the Riverside Cemetery in
Hopkinsville. Armstrong himself died from
an illness while on active duty with his
unit in Lexington on 20 September 1917.
No
Photo
Available

144. Wray, James A.
• SGT James Allen Wray, 27,
Nelson County, was killed
on 2 July 1969 in Vietnam
while serving with Battery
B, 1st Bn 40th Artillery,
108th Art Group on
federal active duty.

145. Wright, Walter F.
• Lieutenant Colonel Walter
Franklin Wright of
Jefferson County died at
Camp Shelby, MS while on
federal active duty on 20
January 1942 of heart
failure.

146. Yancar, Vincent D.
• Lieutenant Vincent D.
Yancar, 25, of Louisville,
Jefferson County, perished
on 6 February 1992 in
Evansville, Indiana when a
Kentucky Air National
Guard Lockheed C-130B
crashed during a training
flight.

147. Yeast, Willard R.
• Private Willard R. Yeast,
29, of Mercer County died
on 14 December 1944
when he was burned to
death during the Palawan
Island Massacre while
being held as a prisoner of
war on federal active duty.