Sgt. Michael M. Kashkoush of Chagrin Falls, Ohio Graduated from Chagrin Falls High School in 2001 where he was a bright and quiet student. While there he helped take the football and wrestling teams to winning seasons. He enlisted in the Marines on January 7 2003 as a data network specialist and made a lateral move in February 2005 to the CI/HUMINT field. He attended his military occupational specialty school in Dam Neck, Virginia, and studied Arabic at the Defense Language Institute. Michael began studying Arabic before he even reached the institute. He was of Lebanese decent and would often listen to tapes his father would send him in Arabic. Because of the extensive training required for counter intelligence specialists, he spent the majority of his time in the field attending school. There, his natural leadership, strong work ethic and personality led him to the position of platoon commander at his MOS school. He was promoted to sergeant in July 2005. His peers thought that he should have been a romance novelist because his intelligence reports would include in-depth and descriptive details about everything he saw. In his reports he would talk about things like the way someone would move their hair. He had a great skill and passion for writing. In the military he is remembered as a quiet, intelligent, kind-hearted and personable individual who could talk to anyone. Michael died at age 24 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. He was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart for laying down his life in service to his country.
Marines
3rd Intelligence Battalion
III Marine Expeditionary Force
Okinawa, Japan
Marines
3rd Intelligence Battalion
III Marine Expeditionary Force
Okinawa, Japan
Sgt. Michael M. Kashkoush of Chagrin Falls, Ohio Graduated from Chagrin Falls High School in 2001 where he was a bright and quiet student. While there he helped take the football and wrestling teams to winning seasons. He enlisted in the Marines on January 7 2003 as a data network specialist and made a lateral move in February 2005 to the CI/HUMINT field. He attended his military occupational specialty school in Dam Neck, Virginia, and studied Arabic at the Defense Language Institute. Michael began studying Arabic before he even reached the institute. He was of Lebanese decent and would often listen to tapes his father would send him in Arabic. Because of the extensive training required for counter intelligence specialists, he spent the majority of his time in the field attending school. There, his natural leadership, strong work ethic and personality led him to the position of platoon commander at his MOS school. He was promoted to sergeant in July 2005. His peers thought that he should have been a romance novelist because his intelligence reports would include in-depth and descriptive details about everything he saw. In his reports he would talk about things like the way someone would move their hair. He had a great skill and passion for writing. In the military he is remembered as a quiet, intelligent, kind-hearted and personable individual who could talk to anyone. Michael died at age 24 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. He was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart for laying down his life in service to his country.
Marines
3rd Intelligence Battalion
III Marine Expeditionary Force
Okinawa, Japan
Marines
3rd Intelligence Battalion
III Marine Expeditionary Force
Okinawa, Japan
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
