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Joseph E Robsky Jr
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky Jr.
Age: 31
From: Elizaville, N.Y.
Assigned to the 759th Ordnance Company, Fort Irwin, Calif.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky Jr. was killed Sept. 10 in Baghdad, Iraq, by an improvised explosive device. Robsky was on call to neutralize an improvised explosive device after the initial attempt failed. When he returned to the site to render it safe, the explosive device detonated.
Died: September 10, 2003
Age: 31
From: Elizaville, N.Y.
Assigned to the 759th Ordnance Company, Fort Irwin, Calif.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky Jr. was killed Sept. 10 in Baghdad, Iraq, by an improvised explosive device. Robsky was on call to neutralize an improvised explosive device after the initial attempt failed. When he returned to the site to render it safe, the explosive device detonated.
Died: September 10, 2003
Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky Jr. became a specialist in defusing bombs to help save civilians from the horrors of war.
“He was in Bosnia,” said his mother, Bonnie Robsky. “He saw children with their arms and legs off, and he said that if he could prevent any of that from happening, he would.”
Robsky, 31, who grew up in Elizaville, N.Y., died Sept. 10 when a bomb he was trying to disable exploded. He went to Iraq after spending two years at Fort Irwin.
Robsky served with the Marines for four years after graduating from high school. He was in the Reserves before joining the Army.
“I’m proud of him and loved him very much,” his mother said. “I knew that he was happy with what he did. He always loved life and always wanted to...
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the 759th Ordnance Company, Fort Irwin, Calif.
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky Jr. was killed Sept. 10 in Baghdad, Iraq, by an improvised explosive device. Robsky was on call to neutralize an improvised explosive device after the initial attempt failed. When he returned to the site to render it safe, the explosive device detonated.
Prayers & Messages
Joseph E Robsky Jr
2010-03-22
Time never heals a wound. God gently puts a layer of new flesh over it. RIP Joey!
Joseph E Robsky Jr
2008-09-11
I KNOW YOU ARE WITH OUR LORD
LORD TELL JOEY WE LOVE HIM AND MISS HIM
MOM
Joseph E Robsky Jr
2008-09-11
It's been five years today 9/10/2003
We will never forget.
Joseph E Robsky Jr
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.