Traxel, Robert
National Guard Staff sergeant

Robert Traxel, age 34, from Union, Missouri.

Parents: Jay Traxel and Anita Gardner
Spouse: Karen (Chambers) Traxel
Children: Joshua, Noah Jonah; stepdaughter Grace Chambers

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Oakville High in St. Louis County
Military history: 70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment; completed tours of Afghanistan in 2008 and Iraq in 2011.

Date of death: Monday, July 2, 2012
Death details: Killed on a humanitarian mission on the ground in Guatemala when he was struck by chopper blades that sliced foliage.
Cemetery: Midlawn, Union

Source: Mail Online, U.S. Army