Creed, Matthew Wallace
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 22D INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, CPL Creed, Matthew Wallace of COVINA, CA, 23, died in 28TH CSH, BAGHDAD on October 22, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as CPL Creed, Matthew Wallace, from COVINA, CA, at age 23, with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 22D INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
October 22, 2006 ? Creed, Matthew Wallace died in 28TH CSH, BAGHDAD, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Creed, Matthew Wallace was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.
