A little Googling finds he was an aircraft router for UA who died of testicular cancer 10 years at age 28.

From the Chicago Tribune, Sunday, March 8, 1998

At 28 years old, he had landed a job with United Airlines and had walked down the aisle with his new bride, Katie. Life couldn't get any better for this guy who had developed an infatuation with airplanes as a child, begging his dad to take him to the airport for Sunday afternoons, just to watch the planes fly.

A fairy-tale-like scrapbook tells the story. Pages and pages of pictures and a homemade video of memories chronicle his college football career, his new on-the-job exploits at United and his head-over-heels romance with Katie, whom he met on a blind date set up by a co-worker.

But just six months into his dream job, the young aircraft router began experiencing pains and was diagnosed with a rare form of testicular cancer. On Sept. 25, 1996, the fast-acting cancer took his life.

...In a highly unprecedented gesture, the Elk Grove Village-based airline last year named an airplane after Matt. He is one of a handful of the 85,000 employees of the international carrier to receive such an honor.

On Feb. 27, 1997, Katie, along with Matt's parents, Carl and Patricia Meier, who live in Hawaii, was invited to O'Hare International Airport by United representatives, given an ambassador-style tour and transported by van onto a ramp, past a sea of airliners and onto a gate where a freshly painted Boeing 737 was parked.

In bold white letters, "Matthew Meier" was splashed across the cobalt blue belly of a United Airlines 737. The commercial aircraft now flies across the country bearing Matt's name. This naming procedure, once reserved exclusively for select employees, premiere first-class and Connoisseur Class frequent flying customers and airline honchos, is being phased out as planes get repainted, and Matt's will be the only plane to sport a name.

...Jim Pierscionek was Matt's boss at United... Shortly after Matt died, Pierscionek and co-workers looked for a way to honor their co-worker. "We knew we wanted to do something to pay tribute to him," he says. "At the time, there was a changing culture in the company with employees becoming the owners. Since (our department) managed the 737 fleet of planes, we went to the higher-ups and convinced them this would be a suitable tribute for this young man...

Coincidentally, the plane also is used to shuttle more than 100 students annually from high schools across the country to Southern Illinois University, Matt's alma mater and where he applied his college athletic scholarship to earn a bachelor's degree in aviation management. The students travel to SIU for an annual United Airlines aviation management career day.