Rodriguez, Matthew Rolando
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Verified From FAIRHAVEN, MA, LCPL Rodriguez, Matthew Rolando served with the MARINE CORPS, 1ST CEB, II MHG (FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on December 11, 2013 in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? 1ST CEB, II MHG (FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA ? serving as LCPL, Rodriguez, Matthew Rolando was 19 and came from FAIRHAVEN, MA.
December 11, 2013 ? Rodriguez, Matthew Rolando died in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2013.
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.
The MARINE CORPS 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/oef.
Explore Further
Rodriguez, Matthew Rolando 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.
