Army Pvt. Gilbert was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Gilbert was riding in a Humvee at the front of a night patrol convoy in west Baghdad when a sniper opened fire. One shot hit a soldier in the back of the vehicle, knocking him out onto the road. Kyle and a sergeant leapt out to get him. There was more sniper fire, and both men were hit. Kyle enlisted in the Army two weeks after graduation from Brattleboro Union High School in 2001. He wanted to develop his interest in electronics, earn money for college and learn to jump out of airplanes as his father had in Army Special Forces a quarter-century earlier. Even tho Kyle was of short stature, he pursued his goal with the same intensity that won him national rankings in martial arts. By the time he was 11 or 12 he had earned his black belt. While in high school he qualified for the Goodwill Games on Team USA. During his last phone call home, he said to his mom, "Just don't forget me," then the satellite phone connection was cut off.
Army Pvt. Gilbert was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Gilbert was riding in a Humvee at the front of a night patrol convoy in west Baghdad when a sniper opened fire. One shot hit a soldier in the back of the vehicle, knocking him out onto the road. Kyle and a sergeant leapt out to get him. There was more sniper fire, and both men were hit. Kyle enlisted in the Army two weeks after graduation from Brattleboro Union High School in 2001. He wanted to develop his interest in electronics, earn money for college and learn to jump out of airplanes as his father had in Army Special Forces a quarter-century earlier. Even tho Kyle was of short stature, he pursued his goal with the same intensity that won him national rankings in martial arts. By the time he was 11 or 12 he had earned his black belt. While in high school he qualified for the Goodwill Games on Team USA. During his last phone call home, he said to his mom, "Just don't forget me," then the satellite phone connection was cut off.
Bio by: Brenda N
