Friday, July 9, 2010

Matthew G. Axelson, Navy Seal -- Rest In Peace

Matthew G. Axelson, 29

Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class
Based: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team ONE
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: July 10, 2005
Hindu Kush mountains, Afghanistan
Married
Gender: Male
Hometown: Cupertino
High School: Monta Vista High
Axelson, a 29-year-old petty officer 2nd class, was part of a four-man SEAL unit ambushed June 28 in the Kunar province of Afghanistan while searching for Taliban and Al Qaeda forces.
Read more about Navy Seal Matthew G. Axelson here, visit the Axelson web site here, the Axelson Navy Seal page here and information about the Cupertino Axelson/Navy Seal memorial here.
Previous Boom3 picture and Boom3 post mentioning Matthew G. Axelson here.
Don't miss:
Marcus Luttrell's
Lone Survivor
The Eyewitness Account
of Operation Redwing and
the Lost Heroes of
Seal Team 16

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