Flags 4 Fallen ‘Race for the Warrior’ 5K honors fallen Americans in Fort Wayne Saturday

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A 5K on Fort Wayne’s southwest side Saturday is honoring fallen Americans.

At 10 a.m., community members gathered at the Fort Wayne International Airport for Flags 4 Fallen’s ‘Race for the Warrior’.

Flags 4 Fallen is an Indiana-based, volunteer-run group that carries full-size American flags in races across the country and the world in memory of fallen Americans.

Flags were carried for the following fallen Americans Saturday:

• Allison Garringer
  • Age: 2 | Portland, IN
• Ellianna Maye
  • Age: 4 months | Fort Wayne, IN
• Rosemary Strahm
  • Age: 67 | Defiance, OH
• SPC Caleb Conley (US Army)
  • Age: 24 | Jay Count,y IN
• SSG Ryan O’Hara (US Army)
  • Age: 28 | Savannah, GA
• SSG Ryan Knauss, (US Army)
  • Age: 23 | Corryton, TN
• CWO2 Andrew Eaves (US Navy & US Army)
  • Age: 39 | Columbus, MS

After the race, the flags were folded. They were either presented to loved ones on-site or will be delivered by the United States Postal Service.

Saturday’s race also served as a fundraiser for the Northeast Indiana Base Community Council, with all proceeds going toward active-duty military members in the region.

“There is no other place like this in the United States,” said Joe Lewis, Co-Chair of the Race for the Warrior 5K. “The support we get from the community members, former veterans, all the like, there’s nothing like it.”

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