India, March 15 -- A GoFundMe campaign has been launched for the family of the Kentucky mother who was among the six American service members who lost their lives in a plane crash in Iraq on Thursday.

The fundrsing effort commenced following the passing of Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, a native of Bardstown and a mother, and had accumulated over $50,000 so far. The objective of the GoFundMe was to raise $50,000 to assist Pruitt's family.

According to a news release from the Department of Defense on Saturday, Pruitt was assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing based at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. She, along with five others, perished on March 12 when a KC-135 aerial refueling tanker crashed in western Iraq. The incid...