Vandegrift, Matthew Ryan
Marines 1st lieutenant

Matthew Ryan Vandegrift, age 28, from Littleton, Colorado, Arapahoe county.

Parents: John Francis Vandergrift and Mary Jane Vandergrift
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Graduated high school in Texas; Texas A&M University (2003)
Military history: 2D Bn, 10Th Mar, (1St Ia Div Mitt, I Mef G-3), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Enlisted in August 2005

Date of death: Monday, April 21, 2008
Death details: Died from wounds he received from a makeshift bomb explosion in Basra, Iraq
Cemetery: Fort Logan National

Source: Department of Defense, Denver Post, Military Times