Matthew D. Hunter

Died: January 23, 2006

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Branch: U.S. Army

Sergeant Matthew D. Hunter was killed in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 23, 2006, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Matthew Hunter was laid to rest in West Alexander Cemetery in Pennsylvania.