24 year young Marine To Become Third To Receive Medal Of Honor From Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan

24 Year Young Marine To Become Third To Receive 

Medal Of Honor From Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan

William Kyle Carpenter, a marine veteran who was severely injured in Afghanistan in 2010 will receive the Medal of Honor Award, sources told the Military Times.

He would become the third marine from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to obtain the award. Officials told the Military Times that the White House is finalizing plans for a ceremony.

As a 21-year-old lance corporal, Carpenter covered a grenade to save the life of his fellow Marine, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Eufrazio, in Afghanistan in 2010. Both were injured by the blast but survived, according to the Military Times.

Carpenter lost his right eye and most of his teeth. He also shattered his jaw and broke his arm.

If awarded the Medal of Honor, Carpenter would be come the first South Carolinian to receive the award since the Vietnam War, according to the Herald.

Marine Corps veteran William Kyle Carpenter will become the Marines’ third Medal of Honour recipient since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps Times, citing unnamed officials.

Carpenter, a medically retired corporal who’s 24 now, has been praised publicly since reports emerged that he risked his own life to save his friend.

Hope Hodge Seck, of the Marine Corps Times, reports:

Carpenter’s Medal of Honour nomination stems from reports that, as a 21-year-old lance corporal, he intentionally covered a grenade to save the life on his friend, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Eufrazio on Nov. 21, 2010, as the two Marines were standing guard on a rooftop in the Marjah district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Both men survived the blast, but were badly wounded.

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