SGT Robert M. Car

August 25, 1984 - March 13, 2007

Warren, OH

2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team
United States Army

Mother and Step-Father: Chris & Bill Wortman

Father and Step-Mother: Jeffrey & Catherine Carr

Communications Specialist

2002 Graduate of Champion High School

Basic Training: Fort Jackson - June 2, 2002 Airborne Training: Fort Benning Stationed: Fort Carson

Joined The U.S. Army on delayed entry in September '01

Killed In Action: March 13, 2007 during his second tour in Iraq.

From Chris Wortman, "Robbie's" Mother...

"I'm Robbie's mom Chris. I thank you & want you to know this means so much that you are adding my son to the Ohio Veterans Memorial. Here is more information on my Robbie ( that is what everyone called him when he wasn't in uniform).

He has one brother SSGT Matthew P.Carr still in active duty. Three sisters; Jennifer (who served 6 years in the Air Force), Julie & Rachel.

Robbie was leaving the Army after his 2nd tour to become a UFC fighter or professional wrestler. that was his dream to become ever since he was 5 . He even nicknamed himself " GREATNESS".

Robbie loved being a soldier & wore his uniform with such pride. He was known as the 'heart' of Charlie company from Fort Carson. Robbie had such a gift of making people laugh & feel good about themselves. No matter how scared he got he made sure he kept the spirits high in his unit. His one commander said at his funeral " SGT. Carr worked with me not for me'. I can tell stories for hours so if you want anymore info please let me know. You doing this means he won't be forgotten & since I count the days ( 1,155) since I lost my baby all I can do is make sure he does not get forgotten.

Thank you again. Chris Wortman proudest mother of a Ultimate Hero"

Ohio soldier killed by explosion in Iraq

The Associated Press

FOWLER, Ohio — A soldier from northeast Ohio was killed in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated beneath the armored vehicle he was driving, his father said.

Army Sgt. Robert Carr, 22, died early March 13, his father, Jeffrey Carr, said March 14.

He was expected home on leave to celebrate his April 10 wedding anniversary with wife Nina. She received word of her husband’s death while at her father-in-law’s home in Fowler, 15 miles north of Youngstown.

“I was here by myself, and two soldiers came in full dress uniform. As soon as I saw them in uniform, I knew. It was like my worst nightmare coming true,” she said.

She said she spent hours each day sending instant e-mail messages to her husband, who was serving his second tour in Iraq.

“Every time he went out, I said, ‘Be safe,’ and he said ‘I will,’ and we always said ‘I love you.’ Then he said he will call when he got back from his mission,” she said.

Carr graduated from Champion High School in May 2002 and left for basic training two days later. Carr’s older brother, Matthew, had joined the Army earlier.

“He wanted to be a career soldier,” said his mother, Christine Wortman. “He wanted to join for 20 years. I told him we should start at four years and go from there.”

Matthew Carr, who has been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan and now is stationed at Fort Drum, N.Y., said he initially did not want his younger brother to enlist.

“I was just coming back from a tour in Iraq and didn’t want to see any of my relatives go and see what I had seen and experienced. But he was hardheaded and did what he wanted.”

Photos Of Sgt Robert M. Carr