Freedom Remembered

Born: January 4, 1986
Died: August 20, 2006 in Al Anbar, Iraq

Hospitalman Chadwick T. Kenyon of Tucson, Arizona was a 2004 graduate of Mountain View High School. He is the third Mountain View graduate to die in the war. He was quite proud and happy about enlisting in the Navy and not worried about the dangers in Iraq. Chad enlisted in the United States Navy through the delayed entry program. He was a Navy Hospital Corpsman and was attached to the Third L.A.R. Battalion, First Marine Division, 29 Palms, and succumbed to injuries suffered in an IED explosion during combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Chad was an avid University of Arizona Wildcat fan, had a passion for music and the Boston Red Sox. In his brief life he accomplished many things and served his country with great pride. Chad’s military commendations awarded were Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) pin, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. He was 20. He is the son of Charmaine Wright and Douglas H. Kenyon, Jr. Preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Major (Ret.) and Mrs. Arthur J. Alley.
Marines
3rd Light Armored
Reconnaissance Battalion
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Twentynine Palms, California

Burial is at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona

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