Airman killed in Afghanistan
Posted: 01.07.2012 at 5:38 PM
Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler died Jan. 5  / Courtesy: Peterson AFB
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, COLO. -- Sad news from of Peterson Air Force Base.

Officals there announced Saturday one of their airman has been killed while serving in Afghanistan.

They said 24-year-old Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler died Jan. 5 from injuries he suffered in an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan.

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Seidler was with the 21st Civil Engineer Squadron, and was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

He entered active duty in November 2009, and was from Westminster, Md.