California’s War Dead

    Mathew D. Taylor

    Mathew D. Taylor, 21

    Army, Specialist
    Sarobi district, Afghanistan
    Gender: Male
    He didn't have hatred for these people even though he was over there fighting them. He could find the beauty in them and in this war-torn place, where other people were just talking about the terrorists.
    — Daniel Clark, childhood friend

    Wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee, Taylor spent 2 months at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio before succumbing to his injuries.
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