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Name: Navy Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson
Age: 29
From: Cupertino, Calif.
Assigned to SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Incident: Navy Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson was killed while conducting counter-terrorism operations in the Kunar province, Afghanistan. Coalition forces located his remains while conducting a combat search-and-rescue operation July 10 in the Kunar province. His whereabouts had been unknown since June 28.
Died:
July
10, 2005
Fallen SEALs receive Navy Cross
Navy Secretary Donald Winter presented the widows of Sonar Technician 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson and Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew Danny Dietz with their husbands’ Navy Crosses on Wednesday evening at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The ceremony, held next to the “Lone Sailor” statue, honored the sacrifice Axelson and Dietz made June 28, 2005, when they died in the mountains of Afghanistan during a mission to “capture or kill” a high-level militia leader. Despite being mortally wounded during a firefight after the group of four SEALs was spotted, the two continued to fight, killing numerous enemy fighters and allowing one of the their teammates on the ground to escape the swarming, numerically superior force.
During his speech, Winter invoked the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and the importance of special operations troops like Dietz and Axelson in the current war....
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Prayers & Condolences For:
Matthew G. Axelson
BY Anonymous on Jan 22, 2006 | |  | Matthew, You are our hero! I have learned through your sacrifice never to take any of our freedoms for granted. You are in our hearts and minds forever. Thank you for being such a principled young man, willing to give your all.
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Prayers & Condolences For:
Matthew G. Axelson
BY Anonymous on Aug 21, 2005 | | | | Dear Matt, my heart reaches out to your soul. I am so sorry that this had to happen to you and your family. May the gift you gave forever impact our world in grace and goodness. Linda Berdeski Hamilton.
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Prayers & Condolences For:
Matthew G. Axelson
BY Anonymous on Aug 19, 2005 | | | | You and your son are in our prayers.
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