Marine Staff Sgt. Matthew N. Ingham

Died January 11, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

25, of Altoona, Pa.; assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan; died Jan. 11 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Also killed were Cpl. Jamie R. Lowe and Cpl. Nicholas K. Uzenski.

Hero Marine laid to rest in hometown

The Associated Press

ALTOONA, Pa. — A Marine credited with saving the lives of about a dozen of his comrades in Afghanistan has been laid to rest in western Pennsylvania.

Funeral services were held Jan. 23 for 25-year-old Staff Sgt. Matt Ingham at Cathedral of Blessed Sacrament in Altoona, and he was later buried at Grandview Cemetery.

Ingham’s platoon commander says he died Jan. 11 after saving about 12 fellow Marines by crawling, while wounded, to call in air support, exposing himself to additional fire.

Ingham was assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. He graduated from Altoona Area High School in 2002 and also served two tours in Iraq.

He is survived by his wife; his parents; and a sister.