Former William `` Kyle '' Carpenter . Marine Cpl will receive the Medal of Honor on June 19 . Then he spent 2Â½ years in a hospital as doctors worked to rebuild his body . He took a grenade blast in Iraq , shielding a fellow Marine , the White House says . He will be the eighth living Iraq , Afghanistan veteran to receive the award . `` I am just getting started , '' he says in a the White House video .
Former William `` Kyle '' Carpenter . Marine Cpl will receive the Medal of Honor on June 19 . He took a grenade blast in Iraq , shielding a fellow Marine , the White House says . He will be the eighth living Iraq , Afghanistan veteran to receive the award . `` I am just getting started , '' he says in a the White House video .