Matthew Morris was a 23-year-old Army Specialist from Cedar Park who was killed in action by a roadside bomb in Baghdad Iraq in 2008. He was assigned to Fort Hood.
Before enlisting in the Army in 2005, Morris attended the Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Va., for more than a year.

There, he met a history teacher who inspired him to want to become an educator.
“After his service, he wanted to go back to school and get a four-year degree to become a teacher,” said his mother, Lisa. “He wanted to make a difference and give back to the community.”

Morris had a passion for motorcycles and was proud to wear his uniform. “He walked taller in it, and you could see the pride he had in his service even when he was in a T-shirt and shorts,” said his mother.

House passes resolution to name post office after soldier killed in Iraq CEDAR PARK, Texas – The process is underway to rename a U.S. post office in the Central Texas town of Cedar Park after a local soldier killed in Iraq.

On Monday, the U.S. House passed a resolution by U.S. Rep. John Carter, a Republican from Round Rock, to name a Cedar Park post office in honor of Army Spc. Matthew Troy Morris, who was killed in 2008 in Iraq. House Resolution 298, which renames the post office, was approved unanimously by voice vote. The bill must be approved by the Senate and signed into law by the president before becoming law.

The Austin American-Statesman reports that a bronze statue of Morris was unveiled at Veterans Memorial Park in Cedar Park, located just north of Austin.