California’s War Dead

    Matthew J. Holley, 21

    Army, Specialist
    Taji (northwest of Baghdad), Iraq
    Gender: Male
    Hometown: San Diego
    (He had an) extremely artistic talent. No one will ever be able to know the extent to which that talent could've gone. We're very proud of him.
    — Stacey Holley, mother, on San Diego's 10News

    Legislation pushed by Holley's father, angered that his son's coffin was flown back on a commercial flight, passed in 2007 requiring the bodies of servicemen and women to be flown on military or military-contracted aircraft with at least one escort. Holley was home-schooled, according to news reports.
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    Matthew Holley's San Diego Union-Tribune news story
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