Illinois National Guards Woman and single Mom, dies of wounds

Robbins woman dies from wounds received in Afghanistan
March 3, 2009 4:45 PM No Comments
The U.S. military announced today the death of an Illinois Army National Guard soldier killed in Afghanistan, the eighth in five months, identifying her as Spc. Simone Robinson, 21, the single mother of a two-year-old daughter from south suburban Robbins.

Robinson (right) was one of five members of the Guard's 634th Brigade Support Battalion who was wounded Jan. 17 in Kabul, just outside the gate of Camp Eggers there. The injured also included Daniel Acosta, 30, of Whiting Ind.; Aaron Carlson, 20, of Annawan, Ill.; Leigh Herring, 28 of Peoria, and Tyler Keener, 22, of Prairie City, Ill.

They had been providing security for a fuel truck outside the base when a suicide bomber attacked. The explosion trapped Robinson between a burning vehicle and the wall of the compound. She was the most seriously injured, with burns covering half her body, her family said.
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