Army 2nd Lt. Charles R. Rubado
23, of Clearwater, Fla.
assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo., killed Aug. 29 when his M1A2 Abrams tank came under attack by enemy forces using small arms fire in Tal Afar, Iraq.
Tags: tampa“The thing that struck me the most was his quietness and focus. He was not easily excitable, very mature and calm — more so than most cadets at his level,” said Maj. Chip Seifert… Charlie graduated Florida Southern College in 2004, was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and a criminology major. He played soccer in high school and loved being in the water.








June 8th, 2007 at 11:18 am
How easy it is to mourn when I see tearing down, to fail to see that that is part of building. It cannot, or should not, be separated from building up. For without the tearing down of twigs, there would be no building of nests.
- Jane Grayshon