Fallen Heroes

LTC. Louann R. Tucker

After retiring from 22 years of active duty, LTC. Tucker served as a JROTC instructor for Huntington. She loved providing structure and guidance to the children and she devoted herself to her family and friends. Tucker was born in Youngstown, OH. She graduated from Austintown Fitch High School and attended Kent State University where she received a Bachelor's of Arts degree and a Regular Army commission as US Army second Lieutenant in Military Police prior to her armed forces career. She later earned her Master of Science of Management degree from Webster University. After a very rough battle with breast cancer, LTC. Tucker passed away June 27, 2017. She was well loved by her students and will never be forgotten. (Obituary in the Shreveport Times Jul. 4, 2017)

LCPL. JOHN E. HALE

Lance Corporal John Edward Hale, a 2005 graduate of Huntington High School and co-captain of the Raiders' football team, served with the 2/8th Marines, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. John was so many things, it's hard to put into words. He had friends everywhere and was active in his church. As with many people, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, galvanized him. He was very moved when it happened, and that was when he made up his mind to join the Marines. He was the all-American kid and was an excellent student in the classroom as well as a leader on the football field. He exhibited leadership qualities long before his senior year. He was a young man that any dad would be proud to have as a son. He was the best kind of guy, the kind that would give you the shirt off his back. The Marines, that's all he wanted to do ever since he was a freshman. And he said the reason he was going was for his family and his friends, the people that he loved.

(Bio by John Prime)