NICHOLAS H NULL WAR MEMORIAL

THIS MEMORIAL HONORS PARKERSBURG NATIVE CHIEF NICHOLAS H. NULL AND OTHER AREA SERVICEMEMBERS. CHIEF NULL WAS AN ELITE EOD/NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENT GROUP MEMBER WHOSE HELICOPTER WAS TRANSPORTING HIS TEAM ON A MISSION WHEN IT WAS SHOT DOWN BY TALIBAN SOLDIERS WITH A ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE ON AUGUST 6, 2011. NULL WAS KILLED ALONG WITH 38 OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL, INCLUDING 22 SEALS FROM SEAL TEAM 6. THE MEMORIAL FEATURES A BATTLE CROSS HONORING CHIEF NULL AND OTHE SERVICEMEMBERS WHO DIED WITH HIM N THE HELICOPTER. THERE ARE ALSO THREE GRANITE PIECES HONORING LOCAL FALLEN SOLDIERS FROM DESERT STORM, IRAQ WAR AND THE AFGNANISTAN WAR.