Kyle A. Nolen

Died: December 21, 2006

Rank: Hospitalman

Unit: 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Branch: U.S. Navy

On December 21, 2006, 21-year-old Hospital Corpsman Kyle A. Nolen died as a result of injuries he received in a land mine explosion in Anbar Province, Iraq. The Ennis, Texas, native was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force out of Twentynine Palms, California. Nolen was carried by horse-drawn carriage to his final resting spot in Myrtle Cem­etery in Ennis.