Ingham, Matthew Nevin

Matthew Nevin Ingham was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was assigned to the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, based in Okinawa, Japan. The battalion was part of Regimental Combat Team 7, deployed as part of Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan.

On January 11, 2010, Staff Sergeant Ingham was killed by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations in the Now Zad district of Afghanistan's Helmand province. He was 25 years old. The district was a known Taliban stronghold and a focus of intense counterinsurgency efforts by U.S. and allied forces.

Ingham's death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. The Now Zad district was a strategically significant and heavily contested area, with Marines engaged in clearing operations to disrupt insurgent networks. The period of his death coincided with a major troop surge ordered by President Barack Obama.

According to the Department of Defense casualty announcement, Ingham was posthumously promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant. His body was returned to the United States, and he was buried with full military honors. Local news in Pennsylvania reported on his funeral and memorial services in his hometown.

Ingham is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the Pennsylvania Military Museum and on online veterans' memorials. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 63 of the Afghanistan Conflict Memorial Wall at the National Infantry Museum.

Staff Sergeant Ingham was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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