{"id":516,"date":"2017-01-29T14:22:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T21:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deamaltzchallenge.com\/?p=516"},"modified":"2017-01-29T14:22:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T21:22:28","slug":"army-sgt-christopher-l-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/29\/army-sgt-christopher-l-robinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Sgt Christopher L. Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Army Staff Sgt. Christopher L. Robinson<\/h1>\n

Died March 25, 2006 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom<\/h2>\n
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36, Brandon, Miss.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Mississippi Army National Guard, Jackson, Miss.; killed March 25 when his Humvee came under enemy small arms fire during combat operations in Sangain District, Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

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Miss. soldier was prepared to die for his country<\/p>\n

By Holbrook Mohr<\/p>\n

Associated Press<\/p>\n

JACKSON, Miss. \u2014 Before he shipped out, Sgt. 1st Class Christopher L. Robinson told his father he was prepared to give his life for his country.<\/p>\n

Robinson, 36, became the first Mississippi National Guard soldier to die in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion began in 2001. Family members said Robinson\u2019s funeral will be Saturday; one week after his Humvee came under enemy fire in the Sangain district of that country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was his heart\u2019s desire to grow up and be a soldier,\u201d Ola Buntin, Robinson\u2019s aunt, said Wednesday. \u201cThe last thing he told his dad before he left when George (Robinson) started to cry was, \u2018Don\u2019t cry for me if I get killed where I\u2019m going. It would be the most honorable thing I could ever do \u2014 to die for my country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flags flew at half staff this week in Brandon, a Jackson suburb of about 17,000 people, where Robinson had settled with his wife, Tamara, and two young children. Those close to the soldier say his family was the most important thing in his life.<\/p>\n

Buntin, who most people call Meemaw, said Robinson came from a long line of soldiers, and often read military books during his childhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t tell you what a wonderful, wonderful hero he is. Chris died for everybody to be free,\u201d she said. \u201cHe died for the people that protested the war and he died for the people that supported the military.\u201d<\/p>\n

Master Sgt. Reese Robbins, a Pelahatchie native who was shot in the shoulder during the attack, accompanied Robinson\u2019s body back to the United States, Buntin said.<\/p>\n

Robbins\u2019 ex-wife, Neki Robbins, said the two men had become close friends in the 16 years they served together.<\/p>\n

Ramona Prince, Robinson\u2019s cousin, said the soldier was always up for a good time and loved to sky dive and water sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce when I lived in southern California he came to visit and I had this old car and he said, \u2018Hey cousin, we\u2019ve got to rent a convertible and I\u2019m going to wear my cowboy hat for the occasion,\u201d Prince recalled. \u201cWe went in 50-50 on a convertible Mustang and drove all over Los Angeles. He was just so much fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prince said Robinson\u2019s daughter, 5-year-old Savannah, realized that something had happened to her father.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe said, \u2018I know my daddy is gone, but I had a fun daddy,\u201d\u2019 Prince said of the little girl.<\/p>\n

Robinson joined the military in 1987 after graduating from Madison High School, and had previously deployed with his Special Forces unit to Bolivia, Argentina and Kosovo.<\/p>\n

He was also an Eagle Scout and the family is asking that people donate money to the Boy Scouts of America in lieu of flowers.<\/p>\n

Robinson was a member of Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group in Jackson.<\/p>\n

The family said visitation will be held at Wright and Ferguson Funeral home in Madison on Friday beginning at 4 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at First Baptist Church in Madison with burial at Natchez Trace Cemetery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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