Name:
Navy Hospitalman Matthew G. Conte
Age:
22
From:
Mogadore, Ohio
Assigned to
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, serving as a hospital corpsman in Iraq under the command of I Marine Expeditionary Force (forward)
Incident:
Navy Hospitalman Matthew G. Conte died Feb. 1 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died:
February
01, 2007
Ohio sailor killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
A sailor from northeast Ohio was killed in combat in Iraq, the U.S. Department of Defense said Friday.
Hospitalman Matthew G. Conte, 22, of Mogadore, died Thursday while his unit was fighting enemy forces in the province of Anbar, an insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad, the military said in a statement.
Conte graduated from Field High School in 2003 and took classes at Maplewood Career Center School in Ravenna during his junior and senior years, said friend Naser Rizek, 22, of Brimfield.
Rizek said Conte was like a brother to him.
“If you were down, he would put you up,” said Rizek. “If you needed help, he would be there.”
Rizek said Conte joined the Navy...
Occupation
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, serving as a hospital corpsman in Iraq under the command of I Marine Expeditionary Force (forward)