01-26-2008, 10:15
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SSG Robert J. Miller
Rest In Peace Warrior.
RELEASE NUMBER: 080126-01
DATE POSTED: JANUARY 26, 2008
PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces Soldier killed in Afghanistan
U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, January 26, 2008) — An Army Special Forces Soldier was killed Jan. 25 as a result of wounds sustained from enemy contact while conducting a combat operation near Barikowt, Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, 24, a Special Forces weapons sergeant assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C., received fatal wounds as a result of enemy small arms fire.
Miller is survived by his parents, Philip and Maureen Miller, his brothers, Thomas, Martin and Edward, and his sisters, Joanna, Mary, Therese and Patricia, all from Oviedo, Fla.
Bio: http://news.soc.mil/releases/News%20...bio_USASFC.pdf
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01-26-2008, 10:47
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RIP SSG Miller.
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01-26-2008, 10:50
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RIP SSG Miller
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01-26-2008, 10:53
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Rest In Peace
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01-26-2008, 11:11
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Rest in Peace SSG Miller.
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01-26-2008, 11:29
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RIP SSG Miller........
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01-26-2008, 11:41
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RIP SSG Miller
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01-26-2008, 11:41
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Rest In Peace, Brother.
My thoughts and prayers to your family and friends and your Brothers who will carry on despite their and our loss.
Crip
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01-26-2008, 12:07
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Rest in Peace Sir. Thank You for your courage, and sacrifice.
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01-26-2008, 12:19
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RIP, SSG.
You will not be forgotten.
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01-27-2008, 13:17
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RIP SSG Miller, Godspeed.
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01-27-2008, 14:09
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Rest in peace SSG Miller.
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01-27-2008, 17:31
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Rest In Peace-
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01-27-2008, 17:51
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Rest In Peace SSG Miller, We mourn your loss, and will continue to carry the fight to the enemy so that your sacrifice will not be in vain. You will not be forgotten by the Bushmen.
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01-28-2008, 01:21
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RIP
Rest in peace SSG....
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