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Andrew G Matus
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew G. Matus
Age: 19
From: Chetek, Wis.
Assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew G. Matus died Jan. 21 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: January 21, 2007
Friends, family, remember fallen Marine
The Associated Press
Age: 19
From: Chetek, Wis.
Assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew G. Matus died Jan. 21 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: January 21, 2007
Friends, family, remember fallen Marine
The Associated Press
WEYERHAEUSER, Wis. — Some 1,000 people gathered Saturday to say goodbye to Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Matus, 19, who was killed in Iraq last month.
Friends, family members and others gathered at a memorial service at the gym in Weyerhaeuser High School, where Matus graduated in 2005, and recalled that Matus was a dedicated Marine.
He was shot and killed Jan. 21 while fighting in Anbar province.
Cpl. Ryan Caskey told the audience the last time he saw Matus was Christmas Day when Caskey was shot in the knee. He said Matus had a chance to say "goodbye" to him before Caskey was evacuated.
"I met him on day one of boot camp," said Caskey,...
Occupation
Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew G. Matus died Jan. 21 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Andrew G Matus
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.