MoH for Flowood native

President Obama will award Flowood, Miss., native and retired Marine Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter with the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry on June 19. Cpl. Carpenter will receive the MoH for actions while serving as an Automatic Rifleman in Company F, 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 1st Marine Division (Forward), I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He will become the eighth living recipient to be awarded the MoH for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. He and his family will join the President at the White House. He was medically retired in July 2013 and is currently a full-time student at the University of South Carolina. (Source: White House, 05/19/14) Central Mississippi note: Flowood is located 5 miles east of Jackson.