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William Kyle Carpenter (born October 17, 1989) is a medically retired United States Marine who received the United States' highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2010. Carpenter is the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient.
Carpenter was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania, on September 30, 1937, to William Stanley Carpenter Sr. (1907–1945) and Helen Carpenter (née Sparks). Private First Class Carpenter Sr. served in the United States Army as an ammunition bearer in the 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division and was killed in action in the Ruhr Pocket.
Carpenter is the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, the nations' highest military honor. Carpenter was 20 when, while serving as a Marine rifleman in Afghanistan, his squad was ...
William Kyle Carpenter, (born 1989), Medal of Honor recipient William L. Carpenter (1844–1898), U.S. Army officer, naturalist and geologist William L. Carpenter (Michigan judge) (1854–1936), member of the Michigan Supreme Court
By: Brooke Kavit The Marine Corps Times reports that William Kyle Carpenter will receive the Medal of Honor. According to the report, which cites unnamed officials within the Marine Corps, Kyle, a ...
On June 19, 2014, Marine Corps Corporal Kyle Carpenter received the Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House. He is the eighth living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan.
William Francis Hamberger (January 5, 1871 – September 1, 1937) was an American sailor serving in the United States Navy during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. Biography
The unknown soldier from the Vietnam War who was buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns was authorized a Medal of Honor and in 1998 was identified as 1st Lieutenant Michael Blassie, USAF. After DNA testing confirmed his identity, the remains were removed from the tomb and returned to Blassie's family, but the Medal of Honor did not transfer with him.