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Marine SSgt Matthew Nevin Ingham.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Altoona, PA
Last Address Altoona
Casualty Date Jan 11, 2010
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Afghanistan
Conflict Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)
Location of Interment Grandview Cemetery - Altoona, Pennsylvania
Marine Staff Sgt. Matthew N. Ingham Died January 11, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom
25, of Altoona, Pa.; assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan; died Jan. 11 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Also killed were Cpl. Jamie R. Lowe and Cpl. Nicholas K. Uzenski. Hero Marine laid to rest in hometown
The Associated Press
ALTOONA, Pa. â?? A Marine credited with saving the lives of about a dozen of his comrades in Afghanistan has been laid to rest in western Pennsylvania.
Funeral services were held Jan. 23 for 25-year-old Staff Sgt. Matt Ingham at Cathedral of Blessed Sacrament in Altoona, and he was later buried at Grandview Cemetery.
Inghamâ??s platoon commander says he died Jan. 11 after saving about 12 fellow Marines by crawling, while wounded, to call in air support, exposing himself to additional fire.
Ingham was assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. He graduated from Altoona Area High School in 2002 and also served two tours in Iraq.
He is survived by his wife; his parents; and a sister.
