Ohio State Route 725
State Route 725 is an east-west state highway in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its western terminus is at the Indiana state line approximately west of Camden at the eastern terminus of Indiana State Road 44; and its eastern terminus is at U.S. [Route 42 in Ohio|US 42] just south of Spring Valley.
Route description
The portion of SR 725 between Union Road and Soldiers Home Road in Miamisburg is designated as the "SGT Gary Lee McKiddy Memorial Highway", in honor of a 1968 Miamisburg High School graduate and U.S. Army sergeant. On May 6, 1970, McKiddy, a 20-year-old member of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st [Cavalry Division |1st Cavalry Division], was serving in Cambodia during the Vietnam War; on that date, he pulled a fellow soldier from a burning helicopter; McKiddy then returned to the helicopter in an attempt to rescue the pilot; as he did, the helicopter exploded, killing both McKiddy and the pilot.The portion of SR 725 between Heincke Road and Ohio [State Route 741|SR 741] in Miamisburg is designated as the "Marine Corps|Marine] Corporal Paul W. Zanowick II Memorial Highway", in honor of a Miamisburg High School graduate, nicknamed "Rocky", who was killed in Nahre Saraj District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan |Afghanistan] on June 3, 2011.