Patriot Guard Riders once again ride in honor of a fallen soldier

SSG Brock Alan Beery

Kentucky National Guard Soldier, Staff Sgt. Brock A. Beery, 30, of Whitehouse, TN was killed on Thursday, March 23, 2006 when his armored vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device (IED) near Al Habbaniyah, Iraq. 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 is survived by his wife, Sara and a seven year old daughter, Elissa. He joined the Indiana National Guard in 1993 and transferred to the Kentucky Army National Guard in 1997. He took a break in service in 2000 and rejoined in February of 2001. He was a full-time employee of the Kentucky Army National Guard working for his unit in Bowling Green. Beery is the ninth Kentucky Army National Guard soldier to lose his life in Iraq.

While we were at the staging area this man pulled up and wanted to know if we were the ones that were trying to keep the protestors away.  He then said that he wanted to thank us for what we were doing.

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