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View a eulogy for Matthew Damian Cashin, USMA '86, who passed away on February 18, 1988.

Matthew Damian Cashin

West Point, 1986

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Lee Pollard on January 31, 2000:

Matt was my A-3 company commander my senior year. I wasn't what you would call a stellar Pointer (my TAC told me that I should never be allowed to graduate...and boy did I prove him...right).

But, I remember that Matt had a picture of he and his brother(?) that was taken "back home" where one was standing in the distance, seemingly perched in the other's hand.

After I heard of Matt's untimely passing, I immediately remembered that photo and the many times that Matt bent the rules for me, not because he had to, but because that was who he was.

To this day, I am saddened at his loss, not just for his family, but for those whom he would have helped.

 
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