Freedom Remembered

Birth: January 25, 1988
Death: June 2, 2009 in Paktika, Afghanistan

Spc. Roberto A. Hernandez II, of Far Rockaway, New York attended August Martin High School graduating in 2006 before attending Tuskegee University in Alabama. Rob joined the military in September 2007 while he was in college. He was nearing the end of a 14-month tour of duty with only a month lefty to go in Iraq. He volunteered for Afghanistan immediately after basic training. By joining the military, he had followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, his mother and two uncles. The family was originally from Panama, and Rob’s grandfather came to the United States in 1969 after enlisting. He used his military pay to bring his remaining family to the states. Roberto was the first American from a family of Panamanian Immigrants. He was a religious man who put his family first and was a member of the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn. He had plans to become a private investigator after his service was up. He died at age 21 in Paktya, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his mounted patrol was attacked with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.
Army
549th Military Police Company
385th Military Police Battalion
16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne)
Fort Stewart, Georgia

Burial is at Calverton National Cemetery in Calverton, New York – Sec 19 Site 93

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