Bruce Chapman, Journal file Major General Virgil L. Packett II (from right) presents an American flag to Barbara Kluttz, mother of slain soldier Sgt. Monta Ruth, while Sgt. Ruthâs father Frederick Kluttz (2nd from right), Sgt. Ruthâs wife (far left) and daughter Zoe look on during the funeral service for Sgt. Monta Ruth at Evergreen Cemetery in Winston-Salem, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005. Jennifer Rotenizer, Journal file Spc. David Nelson Timmons, Jr. was killed in action on May 5, 2006, in Kabul, Afghanistan, along with nine of his comrades in a helicopter crash. Timmons was buried at Salisbury National Cemetery, in Salisbury. Bruce Chapman, Journal file