Kenneth G. Von Ronn

Died: January 6, 2005

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard

Branch: U.S. Army

Sergeant Kenneth G. von Ronn died on January 6, 2005, when a roadside bomb ex­ploded under his Bradley fighting vehicle in the village of Awad al-Hussein, north of Baghdad, Iraq. von Ronn was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division, Army National Guard out of Newburgh, New York. Six Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard serving with the 69th Infantry Regiment died in the same incident. Von Ronn was buried on January 15, 2005, with full military honors at Sullivan County Veterans Cemetery in Liberty, New York.