Kelley, Matthew Gene
Male
Verified From CAMERON, MO, CW2 Kelley, Matthew Gene served with the ARMY, TROOP B, 6TH SQUADRON, 6TH CAVALRY, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on January 26, 2009 in KIRKUK, IRAQ. He was 30. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Reserve member of the ARMY ? TROOP B, 6TH SQUADRON, 6TH CAVALRY, FORT DRUM, NY ? serving as CW2, Kelley, Matthew Gene was 30 and came from CAMERON, MO.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on January 26, 2009 in KIRKUK, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
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
Kelley, Matthew Gene 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.
