Aransas County Texas

Holloway, Matthew Wayne
Marines Lance corporal

Matthew Wayne Holloway, age 21, from Fulton, Texas, Aransas county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co, 1St Bn, 23D Mar (31St Meu, 1St Mar Div), 4Th Mar Div, Corpus Christi, Tx

Date of death: Thursday, January 13, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Hit, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Swenchonis, Gary Graham Jr.
Navy Seaman

Gary Graham Jr. Swenchonis, age 26, from Rockport, Texas, Aransas county.

Service era: War on Terror

Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.

Source: Department of Defense

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