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Kentucky Community Honors Staff Sgt. Benjamin Pennington With Flag-Lined Procession

The Glendale native died from injuries after an attack on U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia and was posthumously promoted.

Overview

  • A dignified transfer took place Friday at Fort Knox’s Godman Army Airfield before a law-enforcement-escorted procession to Trowbridge Funeral Home in Elizabethtown.
  • Residents lined the route through Glendale with American flags and yellow ribbons as crowds gathered to salute the returning hearse.
  • Visitation is Saturday at Central Hardin High School beginning at 10 a.m., a funeral service follows at 1 p.m., and burial will be at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Radcliff.
  • Pennington, 26, was a 2017 Central Hardin graduate who enlisted after high school and was assigned to the Army’s 1st Space Brigade at Fort Carson in 2025.
  • Fort Knox and local officials published detailed on- and off-post procession routes, including travel via Knox Avenue, Joe Prather Highway, Patriot Parkway and Dixie Highway.