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Soldier awarded posthumous award at graduation

May-23-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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COBLESKILL, N.Y. -- An Army sergeant who died in an explosion in Iraq earlier this year was awarded a posthumous degree Saturday from SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill.

Army Sgt. Thomas D. Robbins, 27, of Schenectady, was killed Feb. 9 while disposing of explosives at an ammunition dump near Sinjar, Iraq. Robbins was a Calvary scout with Fort Lewis Stryker's 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment.

SUNY Chancellor Robert King and college President Thomas Haas presented the bachelor of technology degree, which was accepted by Robbins' mother, the Rev. Charlene Robbins.

"According to his mother, Thomas believed in helping people and was working at learning the Iraqi language, just as he had learned Korean when he was stationed there," Haas said.

Robbins earned his associate's degree from Morrisville State College and enrolled in Cobleskill's fisheries and wildlife program in 1998 before joining the military. Haas said Robbins continued his studies while in the Army.


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