Matthew C. Powell, age 20, from Slidell, Louisiana, St. Tammany county.
Parents: Janie Rabalais Powell and Lloyd “Butch” P. Powell III; stepmother, Connie S. Powell
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Northshore High
Military history: 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Death details: Died at Kandahar Airfield of wounds suffered at Ghunday, Ghar, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his military vehicle using an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Garden of Memories; Metairie, Louisiana
Source: Department of Defense, The Times-Picayune, Military Times