|
Search Tributes |
There are9,708 Tributes and 23,854 Condolences In LU's Database
LU Tributes Honoring Victims of War and Terror!
|
 |
|
Who's Online |
There are currently, 382 guest(s) and 0 member(s) that are online.
You are an Anonymous user. You can register for free by clicking here
|
|
|
|  |
|  |
|
|
|
|
Name: Navy Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Matthew D. Mason
Age: 37
From: Kansas City, MO
Assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL team
Incident: Navy Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Matthew D. Mason
died Aug. 6 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter in which he was riding was shot down.
Fallen SEAL remembered as avid runner, athlete
The Associated Press
A severe arm injury during fighting in Fallujah in 2004 didn&rsquot keep Matthew Mason off the Iraq War battlefield. Nor did it dull the competitive fire of the avid runner and former high school athlete from outside Kansas City.
Within five months of losing part of his left arm, absorbing shrapnel and suffering a collapsed lung, Mason competed in a triathlon. He soon returned to his SEAL unit.
&ldquoHe could have gotten out of combat,&rdquo said family friend Elizabeth Frogge. &ldquoHe just insisted on going back.&rdquo
Mason, the father of two toddler sons, grew up in Holt, Mo., and played football and baseball at Kearney High School. He graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 1998. His wife, who is expecting their third child &mdash another boy &mdash also attended Northwest Missouri.
Mason returned to Missouri in May to compete in a Kansas City triathlon, and took his family to Walt Disney World for the first time this summer, Frogge said.
&ldquoHe loved doing what he did,&rdquo she said. &ldquoHe was the type of guy who thought he was invincible.&rdquo
Served on West Coast-, East Coast-based SEAL teams
Staff report
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Matthew D. Mason, 37, of Kansas City, Mo., enlisted in October 1999, according to the Navy.
Mason graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training in Coronado, Calif, in January 2001. He completed Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training in Coronado in June 2001, then reported to a West Coast-based SEAL team. He joined an East Coast-based SEAL team in June 2006.
His decorations include two Bronze Stars, Purple Heart, Joint Service Commendation Medal with &lsquoV&rsquo device for valor, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat &lsquoV&rsquo device for valor, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, two Combat Action Ribbons, two Presidential Unit Citations, Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, three Good Conduct Medals, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, six Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, Rifle Marksmanship Medal and Pistol Marksmanship Medal.
Died: August 6, 2011
|
.:: Light A Candle & Post Your Condolences ::.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Condolences :
|   
Prayers & Condolences For:
Matthew D. Mason
BY John on Sep 02, 2011 | |  | May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.
| | | |
|
Main » Soldiers » US Navy
| |
|
Survey |
|
|
|
|
|
Wall Of Prayers |
Wall Of Prayers
Wall Of Prayers
|
|
|
|
