Soldiers, families keep memories alive at Fort Jackson’s Run for the Fallen

Fort Jackson soldiers run in the annual Run for the Fallen 5k

COLUMBIA, S.C. Aug 15, 2015--Fifteen-hundred Fort Jackson soldiers, along with more than 700 civilians, ran and walked in Saturday's Run for the Fallen 5K in honor of South Carolina soldiers who have died in active duty since 2001.

Karen Bullard remembers her son, David.


Ryanlynn and Uriah Zanowick remember their husband and father, Paul.

They joined thousands of others at Fort Jackson on Saturday in honoring the 350 South Carolinians who have lost their lives in active military service since the turn of this century.

For the fifth straight year, 80-year-old Stack walked in Fort Jackson’s annual Run for the Fallen 5K in honor of Sgt. Maj. Michael Stack, her son who died May 11, 2004, while serving in the Army Special Forces in Iraq.


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