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Matthew D. Mason

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Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Matthew D. Mason, 37, of Kansas City, Mo., died Aug. 6 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed. A severe arm injury during fighting in Fallujah in 2004 didn't keep Matthew off the Iraq War battlefield. Nor did it dull the competitive fire of the avid runner and former high school athlete from outside Kansas City. Within five months of losing part of his left arm, absorbing shrapnel and suffering a collapsed lung, Mason competed in a triathlon. He soon returned to his SEAL unit. "He could have gotten out of combat," said family friend Elizabeth Frogge. "He just insisted on going back."
  • Service/branch: Navy

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