Freedom Remembered

Born: August 17, 1988 in Riverside, California
Died: June 20, 2008 in Farah, Afghanistan

Corpsman Dustin K. Burnett of Fort Mohave, Arizona is a 2007 graduate of Mohave High School. He also played football for the Fort Mohave Thunderbirds. Dustin had moved to Arizona his freshman year. He was happy and energetic. At age 14, Dustin wrote the following quote, “I will uphold freedoms to people who have none, I seek out those who wish to bring hate and terror to our Country and I want to be a soldier not only of America but of God.” He deployed to Afghanistan on April 1 2008 where he was serving as a medic, something he truly enjoyed doing. He wanted to attend once his commitment with the Navy was up. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Debra and Donald Nuchols and his brother, Devin. He died at age 19 while conducting combat operations in Farah Province, Afghanistan.
Navy
First Marine Division Detachment
Twentynine Palms, California

Burial is at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California – Sec 63B Site 667

The Hospitalman Dustin Kelby Burnett by Freedom Remembered, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.