It is with deep sadness that I inform you of the death of Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Vincent P. Yustas.  LTC Yustas died on 30 July 2012 in Brandenburg, Kentucky.  He was 68 years old.

During his distinguished JAG Corps career, he was an instructor in the Criminal Law Department at the JAG school, and served as the Chief of Administrative Law and Deputy Staff Judge Advocate at Fort Knox from 1986 to 1991.  Following his retirement from the Army in 1991, LTC Yustas worked for the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy until his retirement in 2011.  

LTC Yustas was a devoted and much-loved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend.  He will be deeply missed by many.  He is survived by his wife Mary Nell (Hardesty), four children, Yudi Yustas Harlow, Scott Yustas, Eric Masterson, and Emily (Masterson) Singleton, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

A Mass of Christian burial was held on 2 August, at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, with the Rev. Kevin Bryan officiating.  Burial will follow at 1000 on Friday, 3 August, at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery-Central in Radcliff, with military honors.  Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Food for the Poor, P.O. Box 979005, Coconut Creek, FL 33097-9005, or to the Jail Ministry, c/o Meade County Ministerial Association, P.O. Box 445, Brandenburg, KY 40108.

Please keep the Yustas family in your thoughts and prayers at this most difficult of times. 

DANA K. CHIPMAN

LTG, USA

The Judge Advocate General