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| Pfc. Robert Near |
U.S Army Pfc. Robert J. Near, aged 21, from Nampa, Idaho died 7th January 2011 in Kandahar while supporting combat operations.
He was assigned to the 86th Signal Battalion based at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
Pfc. Near was born in Woodland, California, but at the age of 2, he and his father moved in with his grandmother. He graduated from High School in 2007.
In 2008, he moved to Nampa, Idaho, where he studied computer programming and repair at the Centennial Job Corps. He enlisted in the Army in March 2009 and was deployed to Afghanistan in April 2010.
At his funeral, Army commanders from Fort Huachuca presented his family with the Army Commendation Medal, the NATO Medal and the Gold Order of Mercury.
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