Marine Cpl. Matthew E. Matula
Death: Apr 09, 2004
" of Spicewood Texas; assigned to 2nd Battalion 1st Marines 1st Marine Division I Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Pendleton Calif.; killed April 9 by hostile fire in Iraq. More than a year ago Matthew E. Matula wrote a letter to his younger brother asking him to ""pray for him and pray for what he was about to have to do."" His mother Toni Matula recounted the letter in April 2003 when the family sent his photo and information him about to the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman for a series called ""Our Neighbors at War."" ""The hardest part of this is not being able to talk to him she said then. Cpl. Matthew Matula20 of Spicewood Texas was killed April 9 during a battle in Iraq. He was based at Camp Pendleton Calif. The community's completely heartbroken said friend Brandi Dutton 23. He was loved by everybody out here."" Dutton said Matula was married and his wife was pregnant. — Associated Press"