Robert G. Posivio III
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Age: 22
From: Sherburn, Minn.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Robert G. Posivio III was killed May 23 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Karmah, Iraq. Also
Died: May 23, 2006
Soldier is second brother to die in family
SHERBURN, Minn. — A Marine from the southern Minnesota town of Sherburn was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, a spokesman for the family said Wednesday.
Lance Cpl. Robert Posivio III died Tuesday while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in the Anbar province, said Tom Hawkins, Posivio’s godfather.
Hawkins said Posivio was a passenger in a high mobility multipurpose vehicle that was hit by an improvised explosive device.
Posivio, 22, the son of Robert Posivio Jr. and Patti Posivio of rural Sherburn, had been recently sent back into combat after being injured in a mortar attack on April 13. His unit came under fire in Al Anbar Province near Fallujah and suffered two deaths in the earlier attack.
About three weeks after that attack, Posivio’s mother told the Sentinel of Fairmont that her son had suffered a severe concussion and shrapnel wounds. She said one of...
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Prayers & Messages
Please embrace with all Your love and mercy the soul of this brave soldier and comfort him with Your Divine Presence.
Bless his heart and keep his family in Your Hands, Guard them and comfort them.
Amen
My sincere heartfelt condolences to the Posivio family. I am so very sorry for your losses. May God give you peace in your heart and strength to carry on.