Weinger, Robert Martin
In JAF FST, AFGHANISTAN on March 15, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Weinger, Robert Martin of ROUND LAKE BEACH, IL, 24, serving with COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 178TH INFANTRY, WOODSTOCK, IL. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Weinger, Robert Martin was 24 and from ROUND LAKE BEACH, IL when he joined the National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 178TH INFANTRY, WOODSTOCK, IL as SGT. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
On March 15, 2009, he died in JAF FST, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
By the mid-period of OEF, the Taliban had rebuilt. IED attacks were climbing every year. Deaths were rising.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oef.
Explore Further
Weinger, Robert Martin was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 2014). The conflict 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.