Five names added to Memorial Wall at Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – In Frankfort, five new names were added to the Kentucky National Guard Memorial Wall during a Memorial Day ceremony held Monday. The ceremony took place outside the Boone National Guard Center on Minuteman Parkway.
The wall honors Kentucky National Guard men and women who have died in the line of duty. The newly added names include:
- A soldier who died in 1945 during World War II
- A soldier who died in 2019 from a service-related illness
- Two soldiers who died in 2021 while serving on active duty in the Commonwealth
- One soldier who died in 2022 while serving on the southwest border
The total number of names on the wall is now 296.
