Matthew Dillon who was born in Virginia on December 28, 1980. From 1999 to 2003, Matthew attended Aiken Tech College until he was called to duty while serving in the South Carolina Army National Guard. Matthew was deployed to Operation Iraq Freedom I, operating as a Combat engineer. During his one year deployment Matthew was injured while on a patrol mission when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device. Matthew returned safely from Iraq in 2004 and was awarded a purple heart from the Army for his injuries received while in combat. Despite Matthew’s veteran military service record in 2005 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Matthew graduated from Marine Boot Camp, Marine Combat training school and Military Police school and was assigned to Marine Air wing Unit MWSS 373, Miramar CA. Due to Matthews outstanding service record and professionalism he was quickly promoted to the Non Commissioned Officer rank of Corporal, in the short time period of 16months. In 2006, Matthew was again deployed to Operation Iraq Freedom with MWSS 373, serving as a Military Policeman fire team leader for Havoc II. On December 11, 2006, Matthew and Havoc II were conducting a combat mission in the Anbar Province of Iraq when there Humvee vehicle was hit by a large Improvised explosive device. Cpl. Matthew Dillon, Lcpl. Clinton Miller and Lcpl. Budd Cote were killed instantly and the incident further injured two other Marines. I am thankful for meeting such a great guy and to serve with a true hero. I miss u very much!! love u Matt Dillon!
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:51:17 +0000
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