Name:
Marine Cpl. Matthew D. Conley
Age:
21
From:
Killen, Ala.
Assigned to
the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident:
Marine Cpl. Matthew D. Conley was killed Feb. 18 when his vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq. Also
Died:
February
18, 2006
Lauderdale County soldier killed while training his replacement in Iraq
Associated Press
GREENHILL, Ala. — A Lauderdale County native was killed in Iraq after a device exploded near the Humvee he was riding in over the weekend, exactly one week before his 22nd birthday, family members said.
Tommy and Debbie Conley said members of the Marine Corps came to their Greenhill home early Sunday to tell them about the death of their son, Cpl. Matthew Conley.
“When I saw who was there, they didn’t have to say a word, I knew what was going on,” Tommy Conley told the Florence Times Daily.
Conley, 21, graduated from Rogers High School in 2002, where he was quarterback of the football team. He was a squad leader for the 37th...
Occupation
the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)