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Rob's Memorial Service
Jerry of the 101st AVN retirees wants to arrange for the Patriot Guard
Riders as escort for the memorial. Robert would have appreciated this. He respected and applauded the Patriot Guard Riders and all they did. We know that his memorial service will be at 1:00 pm (13:00) on April 9 at the Main Post chapel with Chaplain Lorenzen officiating. His ashes will be interned at 2:00 pm (14:00) at the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery. Flowers and other memorials may be delivered to the cemetery between 1:30 and 2:00 pm of that day. The address is 400 Murchinsen Rd, Spring Lake, NC 28390. They must stand at attention and salute when appropriate (sorry but this is so regimented that I'm finding it all funny.) People may remember Rob as SPC or SGT Robert G. Shirk. He was a Blackhawk guy all the way although he loved anything to do with flight. He called army aviation "the world's greatest roller coaster ride, and I get paid too." Rob was known for his puckish sense of humor, although he became much more serious after the Gulf War. He said that he saw more than enough misery to go around. Rob served with: 4/101st AVN Battalion (or was it Brigade?) Ft Campbell, KY 1984-5 4/7 CAV at Camp Stanley, Korea 1985-6 4/101st AVN Battalion (or was it Brigade?) 1986-1990 326 Medical Company Landsthul, Germany 1990-1992 He was in Desert Shield/Storm, November 1990-April 1991 4/3 Armored CAV Ft Bliss, TX 1992-1995 US Army Recruiting Station, Sacramento CA 1995-1996 1-52nd AVN (White Horse) Seoul Army Air Base, Seoul S. Korea 1996-1997 2nd Support Center, Ft Bragg, NC1997-1999 1-52nd AVN (White Horse) Seoul Army Air Base, Seoul S. Korea1999-2000 57th Medical Co, Ft Bragg, NC 2001-2003 Rob was medically retired in 2003 with Brain cancer attributed to exposure to Sarin and Cyclo-Sarin gases during Desert Storm. During that same rescue mission Robert was also exposed to the smoke from oil well fires started on orders from Saddam Hussein and his minions. Don't tell me that Sadist Hussein had no weapons of self destruction. Rob had the funniest personality of anyone I ever met and could tell a great story. He loved to relax, read, talk, play various games (I still remember Skip-Bo across America), beat me at cribbage, play RPGs (role playing games), be dragged to museums and other places he declared that he wouldn't enjoy, and spend time with his family and friends. Animals loved him and he loved them in return. He liked hanging out with his kitty buddies and loving on them. We don't have a restaurant yet for an after cemetery get together, but we hope to meet at Chili's as it was one of his favorite places. I'll let you know if/when we get one. I seriously think it is against the law for us to do anything without something seriously strange and/or funny happening. I miss him so much. Pam Shirk |
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