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matthew winchester rees
corporal - Marine Corps
matthew rees

Highest Rank: corporal
Foreign Service Length: 2 week in norway above artic circle
Continental Service Length: 6 year
Location of Service: california
Gender: male
Basic Training: parris island, sc
Service Related Injury: tendonitis
Military Position: training non-commissioned
Place of Separation: 2 weeks in nprway above artic cicrle
From City: westerville
From State: Ohio
Current City: westerville
Current State: Ohio
Date of Birth: 01/1972

Awards and Citations

  • Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (he said he just won the usual awards everyone else got)
6/1/1990 - 6/1/1996
Honored by jeremiah hicks


My War Stories
1/1/1990 a few of friends and matt still hang out today , bunch of them get together once a year
6/1/1990 matt was enlist he was living in westerville at the time, he joined becuase of college money and as a mental challenge, he felt exicted, but when he got to boot camp and said he never ran so hard ,sweat so hard. in his life
6/1/1990 he said the intrustion made them drink water so htey wouldnt have strokes in the hot sc. weather, but when they wanted to punish us, they would make us drink til we puked,one time they wantedeveryoneto puke,the barf was ich deep in the barrack