This is the VIC 4 VETS, Weekly Honored Veterans.

 

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Staff Sergeant Robert J Traxel

Staff Sergeant, The United States Army
70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Missouri National Guard

Born: 04-29-1978  Died: 07-02-2012

Died in Guatemala during a training exercise, during take-off, a helicopter hit a tree which fell on Sgt. Traxel; 
Served in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
Served as a Broadcast Journalist; 
Served in the Missouri National Guard, U.S. Naval Reserves, U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Army; 
Lived in Union, Missouri
Married to Mrs. Karen Chambers Traxel; 
Father to Joshua, Noah, Jonah, and a step-daughter, Grace; 
Parents were Jay Traxel and Anita Gardner; 
Former Florissant Police Officer; 
Member of Algabil-Freedom Masonic Lodge #636 Af & AM, 
Moolah Shrine Temple, and the Metropolitan Press Club of St. Louis; 
Buried in Midlawn Memorial Gardens, Union, MO;

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This is the VIC 4 VETS, Weekly Honored Veterans.
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SUBMITTED BY: Listener Steven
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Staff Sergeant Robert J Traxel
Staff Sergeant, The United States Army 70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Missouri National Guard
Born: 04-29-1978&nbsp; Died: 07-02-2012
Died in Guatemala during a training exercise, during take-off, a helicopter hit a tree which fell on Sgt. Traxel; Served in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; Served as a Broadcast Journalist; Served in the Missouri National Guard, U.S. Naval Reserves, U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Army; Lived in Union, Missouri Married to Mrs. Karen Chambers Traxel; Father to Joshua, Noah, Jonah, and a step-daughter, Grace; Parents were Jay Traxel and Anita Gardner; Former Florissant Police Officer; Member of Algabil-Freedom Masonic Lodge #636 Af &amp; AM, Moolah Shrine Temple, and the Metropolitan Press Club of St. Louis; Buried in Midlawn Memorial Gardens, Union, MO;
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