Name: Navy Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Robert Richard McRill Age: 42 From: Lake Placid, Fla. Assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL team Incident: Navy Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Robert Richard McRill died July 6 as a result of enemy action while conducting combat operations near Baghdad. Also killed were Cryptologic Technician 1st Class Steven Phillip Daugherty and Special Warfare Operator 1st Class (SEAL) Jason Dale Lewis.
Died:
July
06, 2007 Sailor from Lake Placid killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
MIAMI A Lake Placid man was among three sailors killed July 6 in Baghdad, the Department of Defense announced July 7.
Petty Officer 1st Class Robert McRill, 42, died when an improvised bomb detonated under the Humvee in which he was riding, officials said.
The blast also killed fellow sailors Jason Dale Lewis, 30, of Brookfield, Conn.; and Steven Daugherty, 28, of Barstow, Calif. They also were based in Virginia at the time of their deployment.
McRill spent 16 years in the Navy and served aboard two aircraft carriers. He lived with his wife and three children in Yorktown, Va.
Capt. Chaz Heron, commander of Naval Special Warfare Group Two, said in a...%
Prayers & Condolences For: Robert Richard McRill BY Anonymous on Jul 08, 2008
I knew Bobby when I was on active duty. We both worked in a small lab at NAS Dallas. Even though we lost touch after I left the Navy in 95, my heart breaks as if we had seen each other yesterday - sometimes the passing of time has no limits to the friendships we develop in life.Bobby was one of those few people you meet in life that you automatically like and the world is that much less of a place without him.
Prayers & Condolences For: Robert Richard McRill BY Anonymous on Jul 18, 2007
Although i never knew you...i want to say thank you! There was 2 people who have died for us,Jesus Christ who died for our souls and the American soldier who died for our FREEDOM! PFC Wilke,Rebecca