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MK Charles Robinson Killed in Afghanistan
June 9, 2005
US Army Captain Charles Daniel Robinson, a 1998 graduate of Cedarville University and Army ROTC commissionee, was killed in Afghanistan on Friday, June 3. According to his brother Jeff, Charles and another member of his unit were killed when the vehicle in which they were riding encountered an IED (improvised explosive device) and exploded. A third unit member in the vehicle was severely burned and is at the Army's burn unit at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas.
Charles’s remains were flown to Dover Air Force Base. A memorial service will be held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (where Charles and his wife Laura [Brown] were stationed), on Friday, June 10. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery on July 5 at 1:00 p.m. with full military honors because of his sacrificial service with distinction as an officer in the US Military. The military service at Fort Bragg will give the Special Operations Forces an opportunity to honor Charles.
Charles was the son of Chuck and Jan Robinson, former ABWE missionaries in Paraguay and Chile. Charles’s testimony and witness was impacting his comrades in Afghanistan. They deeply respected and loved their commanding officer.