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Fallen Montco Marine 'Represented The Best Of America'
Growing up in Montco, Matthew Wiegand was captain of his high school ice hockey team and a member of Future Business Leaders of America.
By Justin Heinze, Patch Staff | Apr 8, 2019

AMBLER, PA — Tributes poured in from across the country following death of a Montgomery County Marine in a helicopter accident in Arizona last week.

Major Matthew M. Wiegand, an Ambler native who was one of two Marines killed in the training accident, was remembered as a hero

"Major Matthew M. Wiegand represented the best of America," U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean (D - PA 4) said in a statement. "Let us resolve to live up to the remarkable standard he set."

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