He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines where he served as the Battalion Air Officer and deployed to Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2007. He returned to HMLA-369 and deployed again to OIF in 2008 as the ...

18, 1967, and deployed to Vietnam on Feb. 26, 1968. Assigned as a Light Weapons Infantryman with C Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Bockbrader was killed in action ...

As a platoon commander with Boat Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Matt led his Marines through demanding amphibious operations—navigating frigid surf in small rubber craft.