Hero Stories for Kentucky

Lance Cpl. Adam D. Peak, 25, of Florence, Kentucky, died February 21, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lancae Cpl. Peak was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. </d

Lance Cpl. Timothy J. Poole, 22, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died January 24, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Poole was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. </d

Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell, Jr., 35, of Florence, Kentucky, died December 15, 2009, of wounds suffered from the detonation of an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Tech. Sgt. Campbell was assigned to the 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. </d

Spc. Kevin J. Graham, 27, of Benton, Kentucky, died September 26, 2009, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Spc. Graham was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. </d

Staff Sgt. Gary L. Woods, Jr., 24, of Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, died April 10, 2009, when his military vehicle was struck by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq. Staff Sgt. Woods was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. </d