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http://news.soc.mil/releases/05JUN/050603-02.htm

RELEASE NUMBER: 050603-02
DATE POSTED: JUNE 5, 2005

PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces officer dies in Afghanistan

U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, June 5, 2005) — An Army Special Forces officer based here was killed June 3, 2005 in the vicinity of Orgun-e, Afghanistan.

Capt. Charles D. Robinson, 29, a Special Forces officer, assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), at Fort Bragg, N.C., died when an enemy improvised explosive device exploded near his Ground Mobility Vehicle during operations in Afghanistan’s southeastern region.

Robinson deployed to Afghanistan in January 2005 in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

A resident of Haddon Heights, N.J., Robinson was commissioned in the Army immediately following graduation from Cedarville College in Ohio May 1998, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in foreign trade.

His first military assignment was with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Robinson graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course and was assigned to 7th SFG in December 2003.

Robinson's awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Parachutist Badge, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Infantryman Badge, the Special Forces Tab and Ranger Tab. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.

Robinson is survived by his wife, Laura; and parents, Charles and Janet Robinson of Brown Mills, N.J.


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