DOB/DOD: May 31, 1984 (Hartford, CT) – September 24, 2010; 26 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
LOCAL ADDRESS: Highland Avenue; Watertown
ENLISTMENT: October 26, 2009
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 11B10; Infantryman
UNIT: Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team; Fort Stewart, Georgia
FAMILY: Born to William J. (1954-) and Ling A. Chin Noonan (1954-). Two brothers, Ariel A. (1982-) and Adlai O. (1986-). One sister, Sheminith K. (1987-). Two stepbrothers, Patrick Jacques (1984-) and Paul Jacques (1986-).
DECORATIONS: Awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal with two devices, Global War On Terrorism (Service) Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Army Overseas Service Ribbon, Rifle Marksman Badge, and the Meritorious Unit Commendation.
CIRCUMSTANCES: Private First Class Noonan died September 24 in Fallujah, Iraq, of injuries sustained September 23 when a fellow soldier shot him to death. Also killed in the incident:
Army Specialist John Carillo Jr.; Stockton, California
Watertown High School Class of 2002
A tree planted was planted in his honor off of Cottrell Parade Field on Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Memorialized with a bench in Veterans Memorial Park, 570 Nova Scotia Hill Road, Watertown, Connecticut.
Private First Class Noonan is buried in Greenwood Union Cemetery, 215 North Street, Rye, New York; Valley Section, Lot 42A.
WEBMASTER NOTE ABOUT THE FOOTSTONE: U.S. combat operations ended in Iraq on September 1, 2010. American troops remained in the country to advise Iraqi security forces as part of Operation NEW DAWN until the final withdrawal on December 15, 2011. Also, on the footstone is “Proverbs 28:2.” From the King James Bible: For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.