Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy

Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy

25, of Houston; assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait.

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Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy was a Marine through and through, thrilled to be helping liberate Iraq.

“Our son and brother proudly volunteered to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps,” said his father, Mark D. Kennedy. “He gave his life in an effort to contribute to the freedom of the Iraqi people.”

Kennedy died March 21 in a helicopter crash in Kuwait, near the Iraq border.

He graduated from high school in 1995 in Glenview, Ill., then attended Purdue University before transferring to Texas Tech University in 1998. He enlisted in 1999.

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