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Adam D. Peak, age 25, from Florence, Kentucky, Boone county.
Parents: Bruce Peak and Diana Peak
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Boone County High, Thomas More College (2006)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Sunday, February 21, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operation in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Lousiville Courier Journal, Military Times
Anthony C. Campbell Jr., age 35, from Florence, Kentucky, Boone county.
Parents: Francis Gonzales and Anthony Campbell Sr.
Spouse: Emily Campbell
Children: Jordan Campbell, 7, and Ryker Campbell, 2; stepson Devin Ruberg, 11.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Boone County High (1992)
Military history: 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Was a police officer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Enlisted 1992.
Date of death: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Death details: Died of wounds suffered from the detonation of an improvised explsive device in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Kentucky Veterans Cemetery, Williamstown.
Source: Department of Defense, Cincinnati Enquirer, Military Times
Christopher Tyler Warndorf, age 21, from Burlington, Kentucky, Boone county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: L Co, 3D Bn, 8Th Mar, (1-1 Ad, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Montague Lyons, age 21, from Boone County Walton, Kentucky .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, December 6, 1971
Source: National Archives, Louisville Courier Journal (1989)
William Jackson Jr. Brewer, age 23, from Florence, Kentucky, Boone county.
Parents: William J. Brewer Sr.
Spouse: Janice Mills Brewer
Children: William J. III
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Boone County High, Eastern Kentucky Univeristy graduate
Date of death: Thursday, May 14, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Cambodia
Cemetery: Floral Hills
Source: National Archives, Cincinnati Enquirer (1970)
Lloyd D. McElroy, age 22, from Kentucky, Boone county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 4, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
George Washington Tharp, age 33, from Boone County Kentucky.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Sergeant George Washington Tharp, who joined the U.S. Army from Kentucky, served with Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company of the 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on November 30, 1950, as his unit withdrew from Kunu-ri to Sunchon, and was marched with other prisoners of war to Camp 5 at Pyoktong, North Korea. He died of malnutrition in March 1951, and his remains have not been recovered. Sergeant Tharp is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Lexinton Herald (1951)