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Robert William Channell Jr
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Name: Marine Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell Jr.
Age: 36
From: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell Jr. was killed in a non-hostile accident when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher being fired for familiarization malfunctioned near Kut, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.
Died: April 22, 2003
Age: 36
From: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell Jr. was killed in a non-hostile accident when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher being fired for familiarization malfunctioned near Kut, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.
Died: April 22, 2003
Robert Channell Jr. wanted to return home to Alabama, buy some land and build a house.
He was so enamored of his home state that he named his dog Bama. He begged his sister to send him videotapes of University of Alabama Crimson Tide football games. And he asked his mother to mail him the Tuscaloosa newspaper when he was overseas.
“He was proud to be a Marine, proud to be an American, and he was very proud to be from Alabama,” said his mother, Eva Sutton.
Channell, 36, was among three Marines killed near Kut, Iraq, on April 22. The Marines were familiarizing themselves with an Iraqi rocket-propelled-grenade launcher when it malfunctioned. Seven others were injured.
Channell enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1986, at age 19, after graduating...
Occupation
the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident
Marine Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell Jr. was killed in a non-hostile accident when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher being fired for familiarization malfunctioned near Kut, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.
Prayers & Messages
Robert William Channell 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.