Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, was honored by more than 150 attendees from the 21st Space Wing, his family and EOD members from the area at a dedication ceremony Jan. 5. During the ceremony, as the wind chill reached -1 degree Fahrenheit, Col. John Shaw, 21st SW commander, issued the order to rename El Dorado Street to Seidler Street, the future home of the EOD flight.
Matthew Seidler was killed by an improvised explosive device exactly two years before the dedication — Jan. 5, 2012 — while deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, performing route clearance while attached to an Army platoon. The rest of Seidler’s team, Team “Tripwire,” Tech. Sgt. Matthew Schwartz and Senior Airman Bryan Bell, also lost their lives that day and were honored at the ceremony.
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