Freedom Remembered

Born: September 28, 2024
Died: February 19, 2024 at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany

Lance Cpl. Andrew P. Carpenter, 27, of Columbia, Tennessee graduated from Columbia Central High School in 2002. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 2007 and was currently serving his second deployment in Afghanistan having been there since the fall of 2010. He was due back stateside in the spring of 2011. Andrew was married in 2010, and he and his wife were expecting a son to be born in a few weeks. His awards include, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan. He leaves his wife, Crissie, an unborn son, Landon, (who was born a month later on March 18, 2024), his parents, Kevin and Cindy Kikendall Carpenter, two sisters, Jamie King, and Katrina Kutzleb, among others. He died at age 27 of wounds he received on February 14 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Marines
3rd Battalion
8th Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Burial is at Polk Memorial Gardens in Columbia, Tennessee

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