(Crestview Hills, KY) — Several hundred people attended a memorial service at Thomas More College this week to honor the service and sacrifice of Marine Lance Corporal Adam D. Peak.

Peak, 25, was killed last Sunday by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He was a 2002 Boone County High School and 2007 Thomas More graduate.

Matthew Webster, Thomas More’s vice president of student affairs, said that the entire community was saddened by the news of Peak’s death. He noted that Peak “really found his way in the Marines and loved it.”

For additional information on the life and service of Lance Corporal Adam Peak, please see:

Florence man killed in Afghanistan (nky.cincinnati.com)
Funeral set for fallen N.Ky Marine (kypost.com)
Kentucky honors fallen Lance Cpl. Adam D. Peak (examiner.com)