Service:  MARINE CORPS
Component:  ACTIVE DUTY
Name:  MENDOZA, MATTHEW ELIAS
Rank:  SGT
Pay Grade:  E05
Date of Death:  2008/06/20
Age:  24
Gender:  MALE
Home of Record City:  SAN ANTONIO
Home of Record State:  TX
Home of Record Country:  US
Unit:  E CO, 2D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIC, TWENTYNINE PAMS, CA
Incident Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Country:  AFGHANISTAN
City of Loss:  HELMAND PROVINCE