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The WKU Army ROTC program will host its 12^th Eric D. Yates Memorial Run on Sept. 17.

The 5K Run and 2-Mile Walk will begin at 10 a.m. at Chaney’s Dairy Barn, 9191 Nashville Road.

Yates, a 2008 WKU graduate from Rineyville, was killed in action Sept. 17, 2010, after an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol in Afghanistan. Yates served in the Army’s 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell.

Proceeds from the event benefit the 1LT Eric Yates Memorial Scholarship Fund. Registration for the run/walk is $20 in advance at https://www.raceentry.com/races/12th-annual-eric-yates-memorial-5k-run-and-2-mile-walk/2022/register or $25 at the event. On-site registration will begin at 9 a.m. Sept. 17. Advance registration includes an event T-shirt.

Contact: WKU ROTC, (270) 745-4293

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