PV2 Matthew Zeimer
Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3-69 Armor fighting with Task Force 1-37 Armor
Born: 31 Aug 1988 in Miles City, Montana
Killed in Action: 2 Feb 2007 (aged 18) in Ramadi, Iraq
Buried: Dawson County Cemetery, Glendive, Montana


SPC Alan McPeek, A/16 EN, and PV2 Matthew Zeimer, HHC/3-69 AR, were tragically killed by friendly fire from an adjacent task force while fighting off an large insurgent assault on Combat Outpost Grant in Ramadi, Iraq. This sad event occurred during TF Bandit’s relief in place by TF 3-69 Armor.