How Matthew died

Killed when his vehicle was struck by a rocket propelled grenade in Baghdad. [source: Faces of the Fallen]
projects.washingtonpost.com/... /matthew--f-straughter/

Dept. of Defense News Release

Sign Guestbook

102 entries - Legacy.com
6 entries - The Iraq Page

Memorial Sites

Honor the Fallen
Faces of the Fallen
Legacy.com
The Iraq Page

Obituaries

Belleville News-Democrat
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Press Coverage [source: Faces of the Fallen]

Soldier from Belleville killed in Iraq
  (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 4, 2008)

Missouri guardsman dies in Iraq
  (Kansas City Star, Feb. 4, 2008)