A U.S. Marine with ties to Nevada has been killed in Afghanistan. Sgt. Joshua Robinson had lived in The Topaz Ranch Estates, south of Carson City, while stationed The Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center at Pickel Meadow.
Robinson, who grew up near Nelson, Nebraska, died August 7 while on combat operations in Helmand Province. A spokeswoman with the Department of Defense says he was shot twice in the left side of his chest while on patrol.
Robinson was on his first deployment to Afghanistan but had been deployed to Iraq twice before. He enlisted in the Marines in 2003 and had earned a Purple Heart and Combat Action Ribbon during his service.
Robinson was an infantryman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, which is based at Camp Pendleton, California. He is survived by his wife, Rhonda and their two sons who live in Bennington, Nebraska.
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