Robinson, Michael Alan
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Verified Lt. Col. Michael Alan Robinson, 42, of Anderson, South Carolina, was a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve officer assigned to the Deployment Processing Command at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was killed in action in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 1
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Michael Alan Robinson was a 42-year-old lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He was a member of the Deployment Processing Command based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and was a resident of Anderson, South Carolina.
He died on June 1, 2007, while serving in Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The operation, which began in October 2001, was the United States' military response to the September 11 attacks and the longest armed conflict in American history at the time.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Robinson was killed by small arms fire during combat operations. No further details of the specific engagement were released in the initial casualty announcement.
His death was recorded among the more than 2,400 American service members who died during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The conflict concluded with the formal end of the mission in December 2014.
Robinson's service and sacrifice are documented by the U.S. government and memorialized on casualty lists and veterans' memorials. He was one of several service members from South Carolina to die in Afghanistan that year.
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Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, began in 2001 and concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
