SFC Christopher L. Robinson

25 March 2006, Afghanistan

Special Forces

A native of Branson, Mississippi, Sergeant First Class Christopher L. Robinson died 25 March 2006 on a combat patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Robinson enlisted in the Mississippi Army National Guard as a Radio Operator in 1987 and volunteered for Special Forces training. He graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 1988 and joined the 20th Special Forces Group, Birmingham, Alabama.

SFC Robinson was assigned as a Communications Sergeant to 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Jackson, Mississippi, where he served until his death in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.