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Courage, Duty, Sacrifice

On these pages, we will endeavor to include statements about each of the young soldiers who have fallen in the service of our country and have ties to the Ohio-Indiana-Kentucky tristate area. Many of you knew these heroes, loved them and daily feel the pain of loss. Please have patience as we try to write memorials. In the mean while, if you find error or omission or if you would like to submit an article of your own, please contact one of the administrators on the Contacts page.

Army Spc. Jacob P. Dohrenwend
Army Spc. Jacob P. Dohrenwend, 20, died in Balad, Iraq on June 21, 2010 of non-combat related injuries while serving on a private security detail for the Lt. Commander of his battalion. He was attached to the 1st Battalionm 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kansas.
Jacob enlisted in the Army as soon as he turned 18, shortly after graduating from Milford High School. He was a member of the junior ROTC program at MHS. Jacob comes from a family with a tradition of serving in the armed forces. He was thankful when a former teacher recognized his service, but told her recognition wasn’t necessary, that he was doing what he felt he had to do.
Family, friends and fellow soldiers knew Jacob as a caring young man with a fun-loving nature. At home, he was involved in community service. In Iraqi, he was concerned about the children and did what he could for them.
Jacob is the son of Shannon Abernathy and Jim Dohrenwend. He was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetary.
Dohrenwend left a message for friends and family to be read in the event of his death:
“I do not regret dying for a second,” he wrote. “I only regret we did not have more time. This isn’t really a goodbye, but a temporary distance between us.”
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