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Ky. bridge to be named for fallen 101st soldier

GREENUP, Ky. — A bridge in northeastern Kentucky will be named in honor of a fallen soldier.

Gov. Steve Beshear recently signed a joint resolution from the General Assembly to designate a bridge that carries Kentucky Highway 2 traffic across the Little Sandy River as the Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett Memorial Bridge. Gullett was killed in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations on May 7.

Signs indicate the memorial will be put up June 4, which would have been Gullett’s 24th birthday.

“The Commonwealth of Kentucky has the highest respect for Specialist Jeremy R. Gullett and is deeply grateful for the sacrifice he made for the freedom of all Americans and to ensure the freedom of the Afghan people,” the resolution read.

He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Air Assault based at Fort Campbell.

Gullett was also a member of the Little Sandy Volunteer Fire Department and Veterans of Foreign Wars, The (Ashland) Daily Independent reports, and was laid to rest with full military and firefighter honors in his family’s Wurtland cemetery. His casket was carried on one of the department’s fire trucks, draped in black.

Gullett is one of many soldiers who will be honored during the five-day “Some Gave All” Motorcycle Rally, beginning July 1. The rally is scheduled to travel more than 1,000 miles across Kentucky, stopping for 10 town hall meetings, honoring six to 10 soldiers per stop, organizers say.

Stops are scheduled for London, Richmond, Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Paducah, Owensboro, Louisville, Newport, Lexington and Ashland.