Matthew C. Bowe

Died: February 19, 2007

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Private First Class Matthew C. Bowe, a combat medic, was killed on February 19, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, when the vehicle in which he was riding was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED). He was serving with the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, New York, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was buried at Coraopolis Cemetery in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. More than 250 people from his small hometown of Moon, Pennsylvania, attended his funeral.