Gold Star Mom Karen Meredith made sure her son's tombstone was the most decorated at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day Monday, 18 years ago to the day that First Lieutenant Kenneth Ballard was killed in a tank accident in Najaf, Iraq.
"They're not a number, it's not a headstone. It's a real person behind that," Meredith told KPIX 5."Kenneth was 26 years old. He was my only child."
"He really loved being in the military," said his mother."He started drawing tanks on his homework at age 4 and was known to wear Metallica t-shirts under his uniform. He needs to be remembered because he did put down his life for this country and he loved being in the military. He loved his guys, they loved him and it's important that we know who is fighting for our freedom.
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