A roadside bomb killed Sgt. Blake W. Evans in Iraq on Sunday, May 25, 2008. He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Ft. Campbell.
Survivors include his wife, Shannon Evans; two children, Adriana Evans and Kylee Ann Evans; father and mother, Craig and Judy Belk of Rockford, Ill.; and grandparents, Mary and Bobby Belk of Cadiz.