Kevin M. Kryst, 27

Based in California

Marines, Captain
Based: Camp Pendleton
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: December 18, 2006
Anbar province, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: West Bend, Wis.

Kryst was killed in a mortar attack on his base in Anbar province, west of Baghdad.