KYNG Memorial Day Ceremony

The Kentucky National Guard will hold its annual Memorial Day observance at the Kentucky National Guard Memorial in Frankfort.  

Five names will be added to the Memorial that honors Kentucky National Guard men and women who died in the line of duty, bringing the total number of names on the Memorial to 296 soldiers and airmen since 1912.  Of the new names being added, one died in 1945 during World War II,  one died in 2019, two in 2021, and one in 2022 during federal service on the southwest border.