Taylor, Matthew Joseph
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Verified In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 21, 2008, the ARMY lost SSG Taylor, Matthew Joseph of CHARLESTON, SC, 25, serving with COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 30TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT POLK, LA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SSG Taylor, Matthew Joseph, from CHARLESTON, SC, at age 25, with COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 30TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT POLK, LA, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On September 21, 2008, the ARMY lost SSG Taylor, Matthew Joseph in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 25. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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 members of COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 30TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT POLK, LA who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Taylor, Matthew Joseph 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.
