![]() Robbie Thornton was living at Fort Hood, Texas, with his wife, Ellen, and children, Bradley, 5, and Breanna, 2, when he was sent to Iraq several months ago. His father, Robert Thornton Sr., is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and past president of the Alabama Wildlife Federation. Thornton grew up in north Alabama, mostly in the Guntersville area, graduated from Jacksonville High School and attended Jacksonville State University before joining the Army. “He took good care of his family and took good care of his soldiers. ![]() ![]() He wore his heart on his sleeve,” Mark Thornton said as he remembered his brother. Thornton, 35, had been on active duty for 12 years and served in Operation Desert Storm as a reservist before going on active duty. He was killed when his patrol in Baghdad came under rocket-propelled grenade attack, according to a Department of Defense release. Robbie Thornton’s career was cut short Monday. The son of a retired lieutenant colonel, Thornton “absolutely loved” being a soldier and planned to make the military his career, said his brother, Mark Thornton, in a telephone interview from the family home in Guntersville. 23 when his patrol came under rocket-propelled grenade attack in Baghdad. assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas killed Aug. ![]() ![]() Died AugServing During Operation Iraqi Freedomģ5, of Rainbow City, Ala. ![]()
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