PORTAGE | Robert Barthel stayed close to the telephone Thursday morning awaiting word of his son's condition.
The news wasn't good.
His son, U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Barthel, was severely wounded Tuesday morning when the Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle in which he was riding was struck by an improvised explosive device while he was on combat patrol near the joint security site in Nasser Wa Salem, Iraq.
PORTAGE | Robert Barthel stayed close to the telephone Thursday morning awaiting word of his son's condition.
The news wasn't good.
His son, U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Barthel, was severely wounded Tuesday morning when the Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle in which he was riding was struck by an improvised explosive device while he was on combat patrol near the joint security site in Nasser Wa Salem, Iraq.
