Spec. Matthew K.S. Swanson
Hometown: Lake Forest, California, U.S.
Age: 20 years old
Died: August 8, 2009 in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Unit: Army, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Incident: Died Aug. 8 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over July 19 in Logar province, Afghanistan.
Related Links:
Two Fort Drum soldiers serving in Afghanistan killed (The Post-Standard)
Lake Forest soldier mourned as hero and friend (The Orange County Register)
Body of soldier killed in Afghanistan comes home (The Orange County Register)
