Four of the five honorees will be recognized posthumously.
Left to right: Kenneth Booker, James Key Jr., Dennis Sterling, Jerry Garbett, and Jerry McLaughlin. Photos provided.
(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – Five area Veterans will be honored at Lawrenceburg Fall Fest this weekend.
The annual Veterans Recognition and Awards ceremony is scheduled for Saturday at 6:15 p.m. on the Civic Park stage. The National Anthem and Mayor’s Welcome will take place prior, starting at 6:00.
This year’s honorees are Kenneth Raymond Booker (posthumously), James Key Jr (posthumously), Dennis Sterling (posthumously), Jerry Garbett, and Jerry McLaughlin (posthumously).
- Booker served with the Army’s 82nd Airborne during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was tragically killed in action at Diyala, Iraq in 2007.
- Key served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam with CO. B, 1/29th Infantry, and 197th Light Infantry Brigade.
- Sterling also served in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine with the 200th Combat Action Group Marine Amphibious Force III near Da Nang.
- Garbett served in the U.S. Army with the 1st Air Calvary at Saigon and the An Loa Valley, South Vietnam.
- McLaughlin served in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine with Company A, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marines.
All five are Purple Heart recipients.
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