Robert L. Gilbert II
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Age: 28
From: Richfield, OH
Assigned to 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Special Operations Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Gunnery Sgt. Robert L. Gilbert II died March 16 of wounds sustained March 8 while supporting combat operations in Badghis province, Afghanistan
Died: March 16, 2010
Marine from Ohio dies after Afghanistan ambush
The Associated Press
RICHFIELD, Ohio — A Marine from Ohio has died from injuries suffered in combat in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced March 18.
Gunnery Sgt. Robert Gilbert II of Richfield died March 16, his 28th birthday, at a Maryland hospital.
Officials said he was wounded March 8 while supporting combat operations in Badghis province.
Gilbert was assigned to the 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Special Operations Regiment, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Gilbert was on his fifth tour of duty and his second in Afghanistan, family friend Anthony Maroon said.
Maroon said Gilbert’s platoon was ambushed and his helmet was pierced by a shot from a high-powered rifle. He said Gilbert had been shot a couple weeks earlier, but a bullet-proof vest had stopped the bullet.
Gilbert “thought the Taliban was after him and his...