Robert B. Thrasher, 23

Army, Sergeant

Based: Ft. Bliss, Texas

2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: February 11, 2007

Baghdad, Iraq

Married

Gender: Male

Hometown: Folsom

High School: Folsom High (Folsom)

Burial: Mount Vernon Memorial Park, Fair Oaks, Calif.

His wife, Christine, whom he started dating when they were in high school, followed Thrasher into the military and was serving in the Army at the time of his death.

Dennis L. Sellen Jr., 02/11/2007

Jared M. Landaker, 02/07/2007

Four memories of Robert B. Thrasher

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SGT Thrasher was a good soldier, what little I knew him. I was on the radio at CO HQ when his platoon sergeant came on in a near-frantic yell that he needed a medevac chopper, that Thrasher and Taylor the medic had been shot. We couldn't get a chopper because of the proximity to base... they had to pack him and drive him in. The medics tried everything they could en route but the wound was unrepairable... SGT Thrasher never seemed like he would be the first to go. Every day every man that was in that company thinks about Robert and what he and his family sacrificed. He is sorely missed, even by those who hardly knew him. He knew what we were getting into and he served proudly... RIP man.

” — Someone whocares, December 5, 2014 at 8:29 a.m.

“

Robert was and still is and will always be my favorite cousin. I may have only known him a little more than half of my life since I'm 20 now but when I was little, he was like a big brother to me. I was really depressed when I found out that he had died. I looked up to him and I still do. This sounds dumb but because he was brave enough to join the military till the end he will always be a great role model to me as well as some what of a hero to me. I miss him a lot just like how my family does. I wish I could see him one more time, just for a day, just so I could show him how well I've been and how far I've gotten since the last time we talked. I will always miss and love you cousin and I hope to see you again someday :')

” — Michaela Killian-Perez, July 8, 2015 at 12:40 a.m.

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Four memories of Robert B. Thrasher