In Line of Duty 9-11-2001 to Present

Technical Sergeant Martin A. Tracy

Technical Sergeant Martin A. Tracy, 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.

 

 

Technical Sergeant Christopher A. Matero

Technical Sergeant Christopher A. Matero, 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.

 

 

 

Sergeant Darrin K. Potter

Sergeant Darrin K. Potter, 24, of Louisville, Ky., was killed in Iraq on 29 September 2003. Potter was a member of a military police team in a four-vehicle convoy responding to reports of a mortar attack outside of Baghdad near Abu Ghraib Prison, in Iraq. Potter was a member of the 223rd Military Police Company serving with the 800th Military Police Brigade in Iraq. It was the Kentucky Guard's first combat-related death since the Vietnam War.

 

Sergeant Glenn Scott Stanfill

Sergeant Glenn Scott Stanfill (Perry County) sustained fatal injuries when the HUMMWV (M998) he was driving was struck by a tractor-trailer on the Hal Rogers Parkway just East of Manchester, Kentucky on 12 March 2004. SGT Stanfill was in route to the East Kentucky Training Site EKTS-A (Artemus) with B Company 206th Engineer Battalion Hazard, Kentucky Army National Guard as part of a Battalion Field Training Exercise (FTX).

 

First Lieutenant Robert L. Henderson II

First Lieutenant Robert Lewis. Henderson, II, 33, of Alvaton, Ky., (Warren County) died April 17, 2004 in, Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his convoy tried to avoid an overturned trailer and came under small arms attack.  Henderson, though 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.  1st Lt. Henderson was assigned to the Army National Guard's Detachment 1, 2123rd Transportation Company, Owensboro, Ky.

 

Sergeant Jonathan A. Hughes

Sergeant Jonathan “Adam” Hughes, 21, of Lebanon, KY (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.  At the time of his death, Hughes was assigned to Bravo Battery 1st Battalion 623rd Field Artillery, based in Campbellsville, KY. He joined the Guard in May 2001 when he was 17. His unit mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom in November and deployed to Southwest Asia in January 2005.

 

Sergeant Eric Lee Toth

Sergeant Eric Lee Toth, 21 of Edmonton, Ky, (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. Toth joined the National Guard in May 2001. He was assigned to Alpha Battery 1st Battalion 623rd Field Artillery, based in Tompkinsville, Ky. This unit mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom in November and deployed to Southwest Asia in January 2005. Toth was a 2001 graduate of Metcalfe County High School.

 

Sergeant James A. Sherrill

Sergeant James Alexander Sherrill, 27, of Ekron, KY. in Meade County, was killed Sunday April 3, 2005, in Bayji, Iraq, when his armored medium truck encountered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Sherrill was assigned to the Army National Guard's 2113th Transportation Company, Paducah, Ky. This unit mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom in December 2004 and deployed to Southwest Asia in January 2005.

 

 

Specialist Michael Ray Hayes

Specialist Michael Ray Hayes, 29, of Morgantown, KY (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.  The Kentucky Soldiers were providing security around a suspected improvised explosive device near Baghdad when the attack occurred. The wounded Soldiers were treated for minor injuries and returned to duty.  Hayes' Humvee was fully equipped with armor plate and bulletproof glass, and Hayes was wearing a Kevlar vest.Hayes was assigned to the Bowling Green detachment of the 617th Military Police Company, based in Richmond, Ky. His unit mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom in October of 2004 and deployed to Southwest Asia that November 2004. 

 

Sergeant Ryan Jay Montgomery

Sergeant Ryan Jay Montgomery, 22, of Greensburg, Ky (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. At the time of his death, Montgomery was assigned to Bravo Battery 1st Battalion 623rd Field Artillery, based in Campbellsville, Ky. His unit mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom in November and deployed to Southwest Asia in January 2005. Montgomery graduated from Green County High School and joined the military in September 2000 during his senior year of high school.

 

Staff Sergeant William Alvin Allers III

Staff Sergeant William Alvin Allers III, 28, of Leitchfield (Grayson County) KY, 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). Allers was assigned to the Kentucky Army National Guard's 617th Military Police Company, based in Richmond with a detachment in Bowling Green. The 617th MP Company mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom in October of 2004 and deployed to Southwest Asia that November.
Originally from Baltimore, MD, Allers joined the Kentucky Army National Guard in September of 2003 after serving with the U.S. Army and worked in Leitchfield for an office supply business. 

 

Staff Sergeant Brock A. Beery

Staff Sergeant Brock A. Beery, 30, of Whitehouse, TN was killed when his armored vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device (IED) near Al Habbaniyah, west of Fallujah in Iraq on March 23, 2006.At the time of the incident Beery was driving a fully-armored light medium tactical vehicle (LMTV), the Army’s newest version of the 2 and ½ half ton truck. Beery was assigned to the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 123rd Armor, based in Bowling Green. The unit mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom in March of 2005 and deployed to the Persian Gulf that July.
Originally from Warsaw, IN, Beery joined the Indiana National Guard on 23 February 1993 as a seventeen year old high school junior. He completed basic training and advanced individualized training at Fort Benning, GA. In May of 1997 he transferred to the Kentucky Army National Guard, joining Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 123rd Armor in Bowling Green. Staff Sgt Beery separated from the Guard and entered the individual ready reserve Feb 22, 2000 then later re-joined the Kentucky Army National Guard on Feb 13, 2001. During his time with the Indiana Army National Guard he performed a Sinai, Egypt deployment for one year. He also deployed with his unit in 2002 to 2003 for a rotation in Bosnia.

 

Master Sergeant Clinton Wayne Cubert

Master Sergeant Clinton Wayne Cubert, 38, died on April 16, 2006 at the Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Ky., of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his armored HMMWV during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on Sept. 11, 2005.  Cubert was assigned to the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 2113th Transportation Company, based in Paducah, during his deployment.

 

Captain Clayton Lee Adamkavicius

Captain Clayton Lee Adamkavicius, 43, Louisville, 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. Adamkavicius, a native of California, joined the US Air Force in 1986 serving as an enlisted airman in both Guam and at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas. He left the Air Force after five years. In 1990 he joined the Nevada National Guard as an E4 and later applied for Officer Candidate School and was pinned as a Second Lieutenant in 1992. He relocated to Louisville and joined the Kentucky Army National Guard in 1999, and was assigned to Headquarters Company, 149th Brigade in Louisville. Adamkavicius was on his third operational deployment with the Kentucky Army National Guard. His first deployment was to Eastern Europe in 2003 where he served as Commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 123 Armor, in support of Operation Joint Forge at Eagle Base, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. In a subsequent deployment to Bosnia in 2004, he served with Headquarters Company, 149th Brigade (Louisville). Adamkavicius had been training Afghan soldiers when he was killed.

 

Sergeant First Class Charles Jason Jones

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. Jones was assigned as a medic to the 149th Brigade Combat Team Headquarters. The unit, comprised of 50 soldiers, deployed to Iraq earlier this year and has teams stationed throughout Iraq. Jones joined the Kentucky National Guard in 1993 at 17 years old and graduated from South Laurel High School in London, Ky. in 1994. Prior to deploying to Iraq, Jones was a full-time Kentucky National Guard soldier stationed in Frankfort, Ky. Jones was a seasoned veteran, with previous deployments in 2002 to Germany and Bosnia. He also deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004.A resident of Lawrenceburg, Jones was a decorated soldier, holding the Army Commendation Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal and Kentucky Distinguished Service Medal.  

 

Staff Sergeant Thomas Wade Clemons

Staff Sergeant Thomas W. Clemons, Falls of Rough, (Grayson County) Ky., 37, 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.  A member of the Kentucky Army Guard since Aug. 2000, Clemons deployed in March 2006 to Iraq with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 123rd Armor.  Clemons's unit is providing force protection and security missions for the US Army. He was a native of Leitchfield, KY.

 

Staff Sergeant Nicholas Carnes

Staff Sergeant Nicholas Carnes 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.  Carnes, 25, was assigned to Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, based in Carrollton, Ky.  Carnes deployed with his unit in March of 2007 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Carnes has been presented the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal and the Kentucky Distinguished Service Medal for his service in Afghanistan. A member of the Kentucky Army National Guard since 1999, Carnes is the fourteenth Kentucky Guard Soldier to lose his life as the result of combat action in the global war on terror. He is the second Soldier to be killed in Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Delmar White

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.  White, 37, was assigned to Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, based in Carlisle, Ky.  White was a corrections officer with Lexington Fayette Urban County Government and deployed with his unit in August 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  He joined the Kentucky Army National Guard in 1998.

Private First Class Sammie E. Phillips

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.  Phillips, 19, was assigned to Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, based in Carlisle, Ky. Phillips joined the Kentucky Army National Guard in 2006 and deployed with his unit in August 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  He was a 2006 graduate of North Hardin High School.