Richard D Warner
Date of Death: 12/13/2004
Age: 22
Incident Location: Babil province, Iraq
Hometown: Waukesha
Branch of Service: Marines
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Unit Base: Chicago, Illinois
Marine Lance Cpl. Richard D. Warner, 22, of Waukesha, Wisconsin; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve, Chicago; died December 13, 2004, of wounds sustained in enemy action in Babil province, Iraq.
He was a 2001 Graduate of Kettle Moraine High School, a graduate of MCRD in November 2001, proud member of Fox Company 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines. Richard had begun a career in the automotive industry as a sales professional at Wilde Honda until his deployment to Iraq. He was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Genesee Depot. Richard D. Warner embraced life without hesitation and embodied the slogan "No Fear," his stepfather said. "The greater the challenge, the more that Rich would throw himself into it," Pat Donahue said. His high school principal, Mary Schwartz, remembered Warner as an energetic student who dreamed of being a Marine and enlisted even before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
He was a 2001 Graduate of Kettle Moraine High School, a graduate of MCRD in November 2001, proud member of Fox Company 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines. Richard had begun a career in the automotive industry as a sales professional at Wilde Honda until his deployment to Iraq. He was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Genesee Depot. Richard D. Warner embraced life without hesitation and embodied the slogan "No Fear," his stepfather said. "The greater the challenge, the more that Rich would throw himself into it," Pat Donahue said. His high school principal, Mary Schwartz, remembered Warner as an energetic student who dreamed of being a Marine and enlisted even before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.