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Robert L Lucero

Robert L Lucero

US Army Casper, WY Age: 34 Views: 1489

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Name: Wyoming Army National Guard Capt. Robert L. Lucero

Age: 34

From: Casper, Wyo.

Assigned to the 4th Infantry Division Rear Area Operation Center, U.S. Army National Guard, Casper, Wyo.

Incident: Wyoming Army National Guard Capt. Robert L. Lucero was killed Sept. 25 by an improvised explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq.

Died: September 25, 2003


Friends remember fallen soldier

Associated Press

CASPER, Wyo. — Capt. Robert Lucero, the Wyoming National Guard’s first fatality in Iraq, loved his family, country and the outdoors, friends say.

Lucero was killed in Tikrit on Sept. 25 when he and another officer in the 4th Infantry Division Rear Area Operation Center, Capt. James Schmidt of Pinedale, Wyo., were searching for a water pump inside a Tikrit building, according to Guard spokeswoman Diedre Forster.

At around 7:25 p.m. local Iraq time, the men opened a box they had found in the building and it exploded, said Army spokeswoman Martha Rudd.

Lucero was killed and Schmidt suffered second degree burns from which he is expected to survive, Forster...

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the 4th Infantry Division Rear Area Operation Center, U.S. Army National Guard, Casper, Wyo.

Incident

Wyoming Army National Guard Capt. Robert L. Lucero was killed Sept. 25 by an improvised explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq.

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Wyoming Robert L Lucero
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.