Remembering our Local Heroes Sergeant Matthew Harvey

Cy-Fair family and friends honor the memory of this special soldier

mag bar Winter 2012

Sergeant Matthew Harvey, affectionately known to friends as Matt, was a loving husband, a devoted father, and a dedicated soldier decorated with two Purple Hearts when he died tragically at the age of 29.

Several Close Calls

M HarveyThe Cy-Fair High School graduate was deployed to Iraq three times, suffering a bullet to the head on one occasion. His Kevlar helmet saved him, but his wife Crystal can’t forget his phone call regarding the mission to clear roadside bombs. “He told me ‘Don’t freak out, but I got shot in the head, and I’m okay,’” she says. Continue reading “Remembering our Local Heroes Sergeant Matthew Harvey”