Robert P Warns II
Date of Death: 11/08/2004
Age: 23
Incident Location: Babil province, Iraq
Hometown: Waukesha
Branch of Service: Marines
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Unit Base: Chicago, Illinois
Cpl. Robert P. "Bobby" Warns II died Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, in Lutifiyah, Iraq, while serving his country in the U.S. Marine Corps, 2/24 Golf Company, Weapons Platoon. He was born May 2, 1981, in Waukesha, to Robert P. and Bridget M. (nee McDermott) Warns.
A Marine official read a declaration awarding Warns the Purple Heart.
Bobby graduated in 1999 from Catholic Memorial High School. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was a business student entering his senior year when he was called to active duty in June. He had been a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church since 1981.
He was remembered by family and friends as a spirited young man who died before he could embark on his next exciting mission - parenthood. His pregnant girlfriend, Erin Nielsen, told mourners at St. Mary's Catholic Church that Warns had dreamed of becoming a father and that she is certain he will watch over his son or daughter from beyond.
A Marine official read a declaration awarding Warns the Purple Heart.
Bobby graduated in 1999 from Catholic Memorial High School. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was a business student entering his senior year when he was called to active duty in June. He had been a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church since 1981.
He was remembered by family and friends as a spirited young man who died before he could embark on his next exciting mission - parenthood. His pregnant girlfriend, Erin Nielsen, told mourners at St. Mary's Catholic Church that Warns had dreamed of becoming a father and that she is certain he will watch over his son or daughter from beyond.