Mendoza, Matthew Elias
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Verified In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on June 20, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Mendoza, Matthew Elias of SAN ANTONIO, TX, 24, serving with E CO, 2D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIC, TWENTYNINE PAMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, E CO, 2D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIC, TWENTYNINE PAMS, CA, sent Mendoza, Matthew Elias of SAN ANTONIO, TX, then 24, ? SGT ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On June 20, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Mendoza, Matthew Elias in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
Operation Enduring Freedom began October 7, 2001 ? twenty-six days after September 11. It lasted 13 years, the longest armed conflict in US history, ending December 28, 2014. 2,356 Americans were killed across Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the Horn of Africa.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom. Date of death: June 20, 2008. Hometown: SAN ANTONIO, TX.
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Mendoza, Matthew Elias was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 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.
