A memorial service will be held Thursday on the campus of Western Kentucky University for Army 1st Lieutenant Eric Yates.
The 26 year old Yates, a native of Rineyville, Kentucky, died Saturday when his unit was attacked by insurgents in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. 
Yates was a 2008 graduate of Western’s ROTC program.
He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
(Photo Courtesy of Western Kentucky University)