Wilson, Matthew Willard
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Verified At 19, PFC Wilson, Matthew Willard of LAWRENCE, MO was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 87TH INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, when he died in NERKH, AFGHANISTAN on June 1, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
PFC Wilson, Matthew Willard, 19 years old, grew up in LAWRENCE, MO and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 87TH INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY during Operation Enduring Freedom.
On June 1, 2009, the ARMY lost PFC Wilson, Matthew Willard in NERKH, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. The ARMY 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.
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/oef.
Explore Further
Wilson, Matthew Willard 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.
