Roll Call Memorial Ceremony happening at Wright-Patt

A Roll Call Memorial Ceremony is scheduled for this morning at the Religious Education Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
The ceremony will honor U.S. service members from the Miami Valley area and surrounding counties who died while serving in conflicts from World War II to present.

"The Roll Call Memorial Ceremony is our opportunity to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country," said Tech. Sgt. Tia Strong, a bioenvironmental engineering instructor at the United States School of Aerospace Medicine and co-organizer of the event. "This ceremony is not only to honor the fallen service members from the Greater Miami Valley, but also to honor the loved ones they left behind."

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Approximately 2,645 names of fallen service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States will be read during the ceremony.

The keynote speaker for today’s event is Brig. Gen. Cameron Holt, commander of the Air Force Installation Contracting Agency at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

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