He earned the Combat Action Badge during his deployment to Iraq. He and his unit returned to Schofield Barracks in February 2009, and Gallagher left the Army later that year. He was promoted to the rank of captain in July 2008, and was then reassigned to 1-27 Infantry, part of the famed 27th Infantry Regiment, where he served as a targeting officer. He deployed with this unit in 2007 as a scout platoon leader with 2-14 Cavalry to Saba al-Bor, a sectarian village northwest of Baghdad. He was subsequently assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Gallagher trained at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where he attended and graduated the Armor Officer Basic Course and Army Reconnaissance Course. Army as a second lieutenant in the Armor Branch. He graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, commissioning into the U.S. While at Wake Forest, Gallagher was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity and served as the sports editor of the Old Gold & Black. He joined Army ROTC the week before 9/11, and decided to honor this commitment after the September 11th attacks. Gallagher then attended Wake Forest University in North Carolina. He and his brother Luke attended Brookfield School and Bishop Manogue High School, where Matt edited the school newspaper and ran cross country and track. Gallagher was born in Reno, Nevada, to attorneys Deborah Scott Gallagher and Dennis Gallagher.
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