LibertyUnites • Tributes
Kentucky Robert L Henderson II
Profile
Name: Kentucky Army National Guard 1st Lt. Robert L. Henderson II
Age: 33
From: Alvaton, Ky.
Assigned to Detachment 1, 2123rd Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Owensboro, Ky.
Incident: Kentucky Army National Guard 1st Lt. Robert L. Henderson II was killed April 17 when his convoy tried to avoid an overturned trailer and came under small-arms attack in Diwaniyah, Iraq.
Died: April 17, 2004
Family and friends remember Kentucky guardsman killed in Iraq
By Joe Biesk
Associated Press
Age: 33
From: Alvaton, Ky.
Assigned to Detachment 1, 2123rd Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Owensboro, Ky.
Incident: Kentucky Army National Guard 1st Lt. Robert L. Henderson II was killed April 17 when his convoy tried to avoid an overturned trailer and came under small-arms attack in Diwaniyah, Iraq.
Died: April 17, 2004
Family and friends remember Kentucky guardsman killed in Iraq
By Joe Biesk
Associated Press
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — First Lt. Robert Henderson II and his wife, Lisa, were expecting their first child in July. Instead, his friends and family held an April 27 memorial service in his honor.
Hundreds of people gathered in Bowling Green to pay Henderson a final visit. Uniformed military personnel came to honor their fallen comrade.
“He’s a hero now, but he was a hero and a friend way before this war started,” said Jason Brown, one of Henderson’s childhood friends. “I have idolized him since I was 4 years old and knew he was better at everything than me.”
Henderson was killed during an ambush in southern Iraq on April 17. He...
Occupation
Detachment 1, 2123rd Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Owensboro, Ky.
Incident
Kentucky Army National Guard 1st Lt. Robert L. Henderson II was killed April 17 when his convoy tried to avoid an overturned trailer and came under small-arms attack in Diwaniyah, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Kentucky Robert L Henderson II
2008-11-10
Rob was a true hero. I worked with him in Bowling Green and admired him greatly for his integrity. I will truly miss him. God bless him and his family.
Kentucky Robert L Henderson II
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.