NAVY
Gunners Mate 2nd Class Dion Rashun Roberts, twenty-three, of Chicago Illinois, died
September twenty-two in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
NORTH CHICAGO — The
young sailor from North Chicago who died in Afghanistan on Saturday was
the victim of a single-vehicle accident, according to a statement
released Wednesday by the Department of Defense.
Gunners Mate 2nd Class Dion Rashun Roberts, 23, a 2005 graduate of North
Chicago High School, was serving in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom when he was killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad, according
to the statement. He was assigned to the East Coast Naval Special
Warfare Unit.
Roberts, the son of John and Janice Roberts of the 1800 block of
Elizabeth Avenue, also leaves behind a sister and nephew. He was due to
return from a six-month deployment in October. Navy officials told the
family that Roberts was killed during a training exercise.
He is the first native of North Chicago to die in the War on Terror.
Twenty-eight servicemen with Lake County ties have died since 2001.
Roberts, a Navy petty officer, was recalled as charming, charismatic and
friendly by friends and relatives.
“He was very highly thought of,” said North Chicago High School
Principal Eric Gallagher, who said Roberts was a student in the school’s
Academy of Finance, and that he was on the volleyball and tennis teams.
Roberts was also a leader in NJROTC. He enlisted in the Navy as a high
school senior and went through boot camp at Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes.
“He had a strong character,” recalled a close friend, Aamin Stokes, who
said he enlisted with Roberts on Valentine’s Day, but later changed his
mind.
“He was one of a kind, an extraordinary personality,” Stokes said. “He
could make any situation the most hilarious.”
Read more:
http://sgt-jim.blogspot.com/2012/09/rip-gunners-mate-2nd-class-dion-rashun.html
Gunners Mate Second Class Dion Rashun Roberts, twenty-three, a
2005 graduate of North Chicago High School, was serving in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom when he was killed in the eastern city of
Jalalabad, according to the statement. He was assigned to the East Coast
Naval Special Warfare Unit.
Roberts, the son of John and Janice Roberts, also leaves behind a sister and nephew.
He was due to return from a six month deployment in October. Navy
officials told the family that Roberts was killed during a training
exercise.
He is the first native of North Chicago to die in
the War on Terror. Twenty-eight servicemen with Lake County ties have
died since 2001.
Roberts, a Navy petty officer, was recalled as charming, charismatic and friendly by friends and relatives.
"He was very highly thought of," said North Chicago
High School Principal Eric Gallagher, who said Roberts was a student in
the school’s Academy of Finance, and that he was on the volleyball and
tennis teams.
Roberts was also a leader in NJROTC. He enlisted in
the Navy as a high school senior and went through boot camp at Recruit
Training Command Great Lakes.
"He had a strong character," recalled a close
friend, Aamin Stokes, who said he enlisted with Roberts on Valentine's
Day, but later changed his mind.
"He was one of a kind, an extraordinary personality," Stokes said. "He could make any situation the most hilarious."
The young sailor from
North Chicago who died in Afghanistan on Saturday was the victim of a
single-vehicle accident, according to a statement released Wednesday by
the Department of Defense.
Gunners Mate 2nd Class Dion Rashun Roberts, 23, a 2005 graduate of North
Chicago High School, was serving in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom when he was killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad, according
to the statement. He was assigned to the East Coast Naval Special
Warfare Unit.
Roberts, the son of John and Janice Roberts of the 1800 block of
Elizabeth Avenue, also leaves behind a sister and nephew. He was due to
return from a six-month deployment in October. Navy officials told the
family that Roberts was killed during a training exercise.
He is the first native of North Chicago to die in the War on Terror.
Twenty-eight servicemen with Lake County ties have died since 2001.
Roberts, a Navy petty officer, was recalled as charming, charismatic and
friendly by friends and relatives.
“He was very highly thought of,” said North Chicago High School
Principal Eric Gallagher, who said Roberts was a student in the school’s
Academy of Finance, and that he was on the volleyball and tennis teams.
Roberts was also a leader in NJROTC. He enlisted in the Navy as a high
school senior and went through boot camp at Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes.
“He had a strong character,” recalled a close friend, Aamin Stokes, who
said he enlisted with Roberts on Valentine’s Day, but later changed his
mind.
“He was one of a kind, an extraordinary personality,” Stokes said. “He
could make any situation the most hilarious.”
Read more:
http://sgt-jim.blogspot.com/2012/09/rip-gunners-mate-2nd-class-dion-rashun.html
The young sailor from
North Chicago who died in Afghanistan on Saturday was the victim of a
single-vehicle accident, according to a statement released Wednesday by
the Department of Defense.
Gunners Mate 2nd Class Dion Rashun Roberts, 23, a 2005 graduate of North
Chicago High School, was serving in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom when he was killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad, according
to the statement. He was assigned to the East Coast Naval Special
Warfare Unit.
Roberts, the son of John and Janice Roberts of the 1800 block of
Elizabeth Avenue, also leaves behind a sister and nephew. He was due to
return from a six-month deployment in October. Navy officials told the
family that Roberts was killed during a training exercise.
He is the first native of North Chicago to die in the War on Terror.
Twenty-eight servicemen with Lake County ties have died since 2001.
Roberts, a Navy petty officer, was recalled as charming, charismatic and
friendly by friends and relatives.
“He was very highly thought of,” said North Chicago High School
Principal Eric Gallagher, who said Roberts was a student in the school’s
Academy of Finance, and that he was on the volleyball and tennis teams.
Roberts was also a leader in NJROTC. He enlisted in the Navy as a high
school senior and went through boot camp at Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes.
“He had a strong character,” recalled a close friend, Aamin Stokes, who
said he enlisted with Roberts on Valentine’s Day, but later changed his
mind.
“He was one of a kind, an extraordinary personality,” Stokes said. “He
could make any situation the most hilarious.”
Read more:
http://sgt-jim.blogspot.com/2012/09/rip-gunners-mate-2nd-class-dion-rashun.html
The young sailor from
North Chicago who died in Afghanistan on Saturday was the victim of a
single-vehicle accident, according to a statement released Wednesday by
the Department of Defense.
Gunners Mate 2nd Class Dion Rashun Roberts, 23, a 2005 graduate of North
Chicago High School, was serving in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom when he was killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad, according
to the statement. He was assigned to the East Coast Naval Special
Warfare Unit.
Roberts, the son of John and Janice Roberts of the 1800 block of
Elizabeth Avenue, also leaves behind a sister and nephew. He was due to
return from a six-month deployment in October. Navy officials told the
family that Roberts was killed during a training exercise.
He is the first native of North Chicago to die in the War on Terror.
Twenty-eight servicemen with Lake County ties have died since 2001.
Roberts, a Navy petty officer, was recalled as charming, charismatic and
friendly by friends and relatives.
“He was very highly thought of,” said North Chicago High School
Principal Eric Gallagher, who said Roberts was a student in the school’s
Academy of Finance, and that he was on the volleyball and tennis teams.
Roberts was also a leader in NJROTC. He enlisted in the Navy as a high
school senior and went through boot camp at Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes.
“He had a strong character,” recalled a close friend, Aamin Stokes, who
said he enlisted with Roberts on Valentine’s Day, but later changed his
mind.
“He was one of a kind, an extraordinary personality,” Stokes said. “He
could make any situation the most hilarious.”
Read more:
http://sgt-jim.blogspot.com/2012/09/rip-gunners-mate-2nd-class-dion-rashun.html
NORTH CHICAGO — The
young sailor from North Chicago who died in Afghanistan on Saturday was
the victim of a single-vehicle accident, according to a statement
released Wednesday by the Department of Defense.
Gunners Mate 2nd Class Dion Rashun Roberts, 23, a 2005 graduate of North
Chicago High School, was serving in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom when he was killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad, according
to the statement. He was assigned to the East Coast Naval Special
Warfare Unit.
Roberts, the son of John and Janice Roberts of the 1800 block of
Elizabeth Avenue, also leaves behind a sister and nephew. He was due to
return from a six-month deployment in October. Navy officials told the
family that Roberts was killed during a training exercise.
He is the first native of North Chicago to die in the War on Terror.
Twenty-eight servicemen with Lake County ties have died since 2001.
Roberts, a Navy petty officer, was recalled as charming, charismatic and
friendly by friends and relatives.
“He was very highly thought of,” said North Chicago High School
Principal Eric Gallagher, who said Roberts was a student in the school’s
Academy of Finance, and that he was on the volleyball and tennis teams.
Roberts was also a leader in NJROTC. He enlisted in the Navy as a high
school senior and went through boot camp at Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes.
“He had a strong character,” recalled a close friend, Aamin Stokes, who
said he enlisted with Roberts on Valentine’s Day, but later changed his
mind.
“He was one of a kind, an extraordinary personality,” Stokes said. “He
could make any situation the most hilarious.”
Read more:
http://sgt-jim.blogspot.com/2012/09/rip-gunners-mate-2nd-class-dion-rashun.html
