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Soldier dies in Iraq ammo explosion

Feb-13-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

Here is another article about Sgt. Thomas D. Robbins from a local New York newspaper.

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By CATHY DYSON

Date published: 2/13/2004

An Army scout--whose grandmother, uncles and cousin live in the Fredericksburg area--was killed in Iraq on Monday after an explosion of Iraqi ammunition.

Sgt. Thomas D. Robbins, 27, was near Mosul in northern Iraq, where a large collection of rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds had been confiscated from the Iraqis, according to the Department of Defense.

As he and other soldiers were moving the unexploded ordnance to a demolition site, one of the rounds exploded, said Joe Hitt, an Army spokesman at Fort Lewis, Wash., where Robbins was based.


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