Kyle R. Warren, Army Staff Sergeant -- Rest In Peace

Kyle R. Warren, 28

Army, Staff Sergeant
Based: Ft. Bragg, N.C.
1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: July 29, 2010
Tsagay, Afghanistan
Married
Gender: Male
Hometown: Manchester
High School: Marina High (Huntington Beach)

“He was a hero to this country,’’ Warren’s stepfather, Ed Linta, said yesterday.
And he had a way of putting people at ease, his family said. “He was very friendly, very kind,’’ Linta said. “He made it a point to spend time with everybody in his family before he deployed.’’

We are all devastated by his death and we know he was a true hero
— Nancy Cowden, aunt

Warren was killed when a roadside bomb hit his military vehicle in Tsagay, Afghanistan, according to military officials. His hometown was listed by the military as Manchester, N.H. but he grew up in Huntington Beach, where he attended high school. Family members said he moved to New Hampshire with his mother after graduation. His father, Del Warren, lives in Long Beach.


Read more about Staff Sergeant Kyle R. Warren here, here and here.

Warren was patrolling an area of Tsagay, Afghanistan, on when his military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, killing him and another soldier, Captain Jason E. Holbrook, 28, of Burnet, Texas.