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We Honor and Remember:
Pvt. Robert C. White III
Hometown: Camden, New Jersey, U.S. Age: 21 years old. Died: April 23, 2005 in Operation Enduring Freedom. Unit: Army, 864th Engineer Battalion, 555th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (Provisional), Fort Lewis, Wash. Birth: 1984. Death: Apr. 23, 2005, Kandahar, Afghanistan United States Army Private. Assigned to 864th Engineer Battalion, 555th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade out of Ft. Lewis, Washington. Hometown of Camden, New Jersey. Died at Kandahar Airfield. He is survived by a widow and two children. Burial: Harleigh Cemetery Camden Camden County New Jersey, USA |
A former Camden man who died serving in the Army in Afghanistan, will be laid to rest here this afternoon after funeral services in New York City. Pvt. Robert C. White III, 21, died at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan on April 23 of noncombat related injuries, said Maj. Elizabeth Robbins, an Army spokeswoman.
White went to Afghanistan from Fort Lewis, Wash., in February with the 864th Engineer Battalion and worked in food service operations, Robbins said.
White was survived by his wife, two children, and parents. Relatives in Camden could not be reached for comment, however.
A viewing for White was held Monday night at Benta's Funeral Home in New York City. After a funeral service this morning at St. James Presbyterian Church, also in New York City, White will be brought back to New Jersey for burial at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, said Jacqueline Sherman, funeral director at Benta's.
No relatives of White could be reached in New York.
Fort Lewis spokesman Joe Hitt said he could not release any personal information about White without the consent of his family. Hitt said White arrived at Fort Lewis on Jan. 31 after enlisting in the Army full time. Hitt said it appeared White had been an Army reservist, stationed out of Fort Dix, Burlington County. White joined the Army reserve on Nov. 3, 2003.
Kryn Westhoven, a spokesman for Fort Dix, said he could not find records of White's time at Fort Dix.
Monica Lewis, a spokeswoman for the Camden school district, said there was a Robert C. White who matched the age of the deceased soldier, who left the school in the 10th grade and moved to Peekskill, N.Y. Lewis did not know what year White left.
The Army has not released the cause of White's death.
White went to Afghanistan from Fort Lewis, Wash., in February with the 864th Engineer Battalion and worked in food service operations, Robbins said.
White was survived by his wife, two children, and parents. Relatives in Camden could not be reached for comment, however.
A viewing for White was held Monday night at Benta's Funeral Home in New York City. After a funeral service this morning at St. James Presbyterian Church, also in New York City, White will be brought back to New Jersey for burial at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, said Jacqueline Sherman, funeral director at Benta's.
No relatives of White could be reached in New York.
Fort Lewis spokesman Joe Hitt said he could not release any personal information about White without the consent of his family. Hitt said White arrived at Fort Lewis on Jan. 31 after enlisting in the Army full time. Hitt said it appeared White had been an Army reservist, stationed out of Fort Dix, Burlington County. White joined the Army reserve on Nov. 3, 2003.
Kryn Westhoven, a spokesman for Fort Dix, said he could not find records of White's time at Fort Dix.
Monica Lewis, a spokeswoman for the Camden school district, said there was a Robert C. White who matched the age of the deceased soldier, who left the school in the 10th grade and moved to Peekskill, N.Y. Lewis did not know what year White left.
The Army has not released the cause of White's death.
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