Carpenter, Andrew P.
Marines Lance corporal

Andrew P. Carpenter, age 27, from Columbia, Tennessee, Maury county.

Parents: Cindy Carpenter
Spouse: Crissie (Ponder) Carpenter (2010)
Children: Wife pregnant at time of death with Landon

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Enlisted 2007.

Date of death: Saturday, February 19, 2011
Death details: Died of wounds received Feb. 14, 2011 when he was shot in the neck while on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He died after he was removed from life support at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany.
Cemetery: Polk Memorial Gardens

Source: Department of Defense, Columbia Daily Herald, Associated Press, Military Times