“Forever Loved, Never Forgotten”
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Matthew belonged to the 19th Special Forces Group (Green Beret) ODA 9115 and was KIA January 5, 2016 in the Marjah District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. During an all-day fire-fight he exposed himself alone on two separate occasions in attempts to clear a landing zone for a medevac helicopter to evacuate a wounded teammate. He and two teammates discussed the third attempt to get the wounded teammate out. Jordan began with “We’re going to catch hell out there.” Casey stated, “Yeah, understand that, we got to get “Ski” out.” Matthew added – probably his last words, “It’s what we do!”
The last four words that I know of--"It's what we do" sums up my son's character, his morale's and his courage. One teammate said, "when you heard gunfire Matthew was the one that ran towards it." He always fought for those that couldn't fight for themselves.
Never Forget,
Sonny McClintock (father of SFC McClintock)
The last four words that I know of--"It's what we do" sums up my son's character, his morale's and his courage. One teammate said, "when you heard gunfire Matthew was the one that ran towards it." He always fought for those that couldn't fight for themselves.
Never Forget,
Sonny McClintock (father of SFC McClintock)