About Kyle
Kyle was only 19 when his life was cut short. He was a young man who was an important part of his small community of Woodlawn, IL. Kyle was a member of Woodlawn Christian Church. He played little league and on his high school baseball team.He was involved in many high school activities and he was an Eagle Scout in Boy Scout Troop 102.
Kyle loved being a Marine and serving his country. He had wanted to be in the military since he was a little boy. During high school, he was a member of the Jefferson County Young Marines. He enlisted in the Marine Corp during his senior year in high school and entered boot camp shortly after graduation.
He deployed to Iraq in August 2005 with Battery L, Headquarters Battalion, as part of a security detachment providing security for Camp Blue Diamond, Ar Ramadi, Iraq.
While deployed to Iraq, Price took on many roles within his platoon. He served as a rifleman and conducted more than 150 combat patrols to root out insurgents and weapons caches in the surrounding area. Additionally, Price served as a spotter for U.S. military working dog teams when they accompanied his squad on patrol or during operations. He operated the squad’s metal detector when conducting weapons cache searches. Price also served as the squad’s dedicated combat photographer, capturing images of suspected insurgents and their safe houses as well as other imagery for intelligence gathering purposes.He contributed his linguistic skills to the platoon by becoming its unofficial “talker” when they did not have an interpreter. Devoted to his work, Price became proficient in Arabic and with his self-taught language skills he often aided his fellow Marines as a translator during operations. Price used his knowledge of Arabic to build friendships with local Iraqis, allowing him to gather actionable intelligence against the insurgency here. Kyle believed in what he was doing in Iraq. He believed he was making a difference.
