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A Soldier's Story: Staff Sergeant Kenneth Blane Gentry

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Staff Sergeant Kenneth Blane Gentry was born in Danville, Virginia, on February 13, 1959. He attended Dan River High School before enlisting in the US Army in 1984.

Training as a gunner and was assigned to the 7th Cavalary as a Bradley gunner. Staff Sergeant Kenneth Gentry deployed to the Persian Gulf in January 1991 for Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield and the Gulf War.

Staff Sergeant Kenneth Blane Gentry was killed on February 26, 1991, when his Bradley struck a landmine.

He resets at the Floral Hills Memory Garden in Danville, Virginia.


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