Name:
Army Spc. Simone A. Robinson
Age:
21
From:
Dixmoor, Ill.
Assigned to
the 634th Brigade Support Battalion of the Illinois Army National Guard, Crestwood, Ill.
Incident:
Army Spc. Simone A. Robinson died March 1 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near her security post on Jan. 17 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Died:
March
01, 2009
Ill. soldier dies after Afghanistan attack
The Associated Press
ROBBINS, Ill. — An Illinois Army National Guard soldier from the Chicago suburb of Robbins has died of wounds she sustained in an attack in Afghanistan in January.
Military officials say 21-year-old Spc. Simone Robinson died Sunday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
She and four other Illinois Army National Guard soldiers were wounded on Jan. 17 in an attack by an improvised explosive device.
Robinson joined the Illinois Army National Guard in December 2004. Her unit was deployed in August 2008. It was her first deployment.
She graduated from Thornton High School in south suburban Harvey. She’s survived by a...
Incident
Army Sgt. Simone A. Robinson died March 1 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near her security post Jan. 17 in Kabul, Afghanistan.