Ringgold Virginia

Saunders, Timothy Lamont
Navy Petty officer 2nd class

Timothy Lamont Saunders, age 32, from Ringgold, Virginia, Pittsylvania county.

Service era: War on Terror

Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.

Source: Department of Defense

Gentry, Kenneth B.
Army Sergeant

Kenneth B. Gentry, age 32, from Ringgold, Virginia, Pittsylvania county.

Spouse: Annette Compton Gentry
Children: Ian Gentry and Lauren Gentry

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Tuesday, February 26, 1991
Death details: Killed in action by friendly fire from U.S. tanks. Sgt. Edwin B. Kutz was also killed in the incident.
Cemetery: Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Danville, Virginia

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Virginia House Resolution, Washington Post; Library of Virginia, Richmond; findagrave.com

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