{"id":885,"date":"2019-01-02T19:46:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T02:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deamaltzchallenge.com\/?p=885"},"modified":"2019-01-02T19:46:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T02:46:30","slug":"navy-po2-matthew-g-kantor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/02\/navy-po2-matthew-g-kantor\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy PO2 Matthew G. Kantor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>Matthew&nbsp;&nbsp;G.&nbsp;&nbsp;Kantor&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>\n          \n            \n          \n        \n          \n          \n          <\/td><\/tr><tr><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;Rank, Service<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Petty Officer Second Class E-5, &nbsp;U.S. Navy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;Veteran of:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n          \n            \n              U.S. Navy 2009-2012<br>War on Terrorism 2009-2012<br>Afghanistan 2012 (KIA)\n          \n        \n          <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tribute:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Kantor was born on\n August 27, 1990, in New York City. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on \nSeptember 18, 2008, and went on active duty to begin basic training on \nMarch 9, 2009. Kantor completed basic training at NTC Great Lakes, \nIllinois, in May 2009, and then attended Pre-BUDS training at NTC Great \nLakes from May to August 2009. He attended Basic Underwater \nDemolition\/SEAL training at NAB Coronado from August 2009 to May 2010, \nand then SEAL Qualification training from May to September 2010. His \nfirst assignment was with SEAL Team FOUR at NAB Little Creek, Virginia, \nfrom September 2010 until he was killed in action while deployed to \nAfghanistan on November 1, 2012. Matthew Kantor was buried at the \nFairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey.<br><br><strong>His Bronze Star Medal w\/Valor Citation reads:<\/strong><br><br>For\n heroic achievement in connection with combat operations against the \nenemy as a SEAL Operator, for Special Operations Task Force-SOUTHEAST, \nin direct support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from September to \nNovember 2012. During this period, Petty Officer Kantor conducted 25 \ncombat operations inside Taliban safe havens. On 1 November, Petty \nOfficer Kantor was providing rear security as the heavy weapons gunner \nfor a 31-man combat reconnaissance patrol. He was the first line defense\n protecting the most vulnerable position of his platoon against \npotentially devastating enemy attacks. While returning from the patrol, \nhis element received effective enemy machinegun fire from 500 meters \naway. With complete disregard for his own personal safety, and being \nmortally wounded, Petty Officer Kantor advanced forward and returned \nsuppressive fire. His selfless actions allowed enough time for his \nteammates to find cover and maneuver on the enemy&#8217;s position. Petty \nOfficer Kantor absolutely prevented additional loss of life and \nundoubtedly ensured the safe return of his teammates. By his \nextraordinary guidance, zealous initiative, and total dedication to \nduty, Petty Officer Kantor reflected great credit upon himself and \nupheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.<br><br>The Combat Distinguishing Device is authorized<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew&nbsp;&nbsp;G.&nbsp;&nbsp;Kantor&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Rank, Service Petty Officer Second Class E-5, &nbsp;U.S. Navy &nbsp;&nbsp;Veteran of: U.S. Navy 2009-2012War on Terrorism 2009-2012Afghanistan 2012 (KIA) &nbsp;&nbsp;Tribute: Matthew Kantor was born on August 27, 1990, in New York City. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on September 18, 2008, and went on active duty to begin basic training on March 9, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2019honorees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":886,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions\/886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}