Sgt. Brett Patrick Benton

Sgt Brett Benton was killed on 6/4/11 near Alingar District, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. He was working with DynCorp Technical Services, a defense contractor, and had only been in Afghanistan for three weeks when a improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle killing him. He went to Afghanistan to train Afghan police officers. Brett Benton had served with Kenton County Police Department for 10 years and had started their K9 program. Sgt. Brett Benton after graduating from high school, went to the National Guard, and then while he was still in the Guard he worked at the state police post in Richmond as a dispatcher and then he worked for the Nicholasville Police Department, and then he went on to the Kenton County Police Department. His K9 partner was “Tommy”. He is survived by his wife of nine years, Bethany Foster Benton. Donations are suggested to the Kentucky Fallen Officers Trust at www.klemf.org or Kentucky Special Olympics Torch Run at www.kytorchrun.org.

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