
FRANKFORT, Ky. — On the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Kentucky National Guard announced the death yesterday of one of its soldiers in Iraq.
Pvt. 1st Class Sammie E. Phillips, 19, of Vine Grove was killed Monday when his vehicle overturned while conducting a traffic-control mission on a highway near Rustamiyah, Iraq, officials said.
Two other Kentucky Guardsmen were injured, the Guard said. They were not identified.
Speaking to reporters after a brief service in Frankfort on the anniversary of 9/11, Kentucky Adjutant Gen. Donald Storm said Phillips was “just a tremendous young soldier that had just tremendous...