HAMPSTEAD, N.H. — Services were held Friday for a 20-year-old Marine based in Hawai'i who died in Afghanistan.

Family and friends gathered for Pfc. Matthew Bertolino's funeral service at Hampstead Congregational Church. Bertolino was killed Feb. 9 in a truck accident while on patrol near Jalalabad.

Bertolino was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, out of Marine Corps Base Hawai'i.

The Pinkerton Academy graduate leaves behind his parents, Stanley and Joyce, and two older sisters Kristen and Kimberly.

Kristen Bertolino read from her brother's letters home. Matthew Bertolino wrote that he felt joining the military was the right choice, because he was protecting people.