Army 2nd Lt. Charles R. Rubado
Death: Aug 29, 2005
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 Coolheaded officer killed in Tal Afar Iraq Associated Press When David White was an ROTC cadet he got a lesson in how calm and cool fellow soldier Charles R. Rubado really was. “I remember on a field training exercise I had an accidental discharge of my weapon. It was a blank right at his face” recalled White. “Instead of jumping on me like most he took me aside and said ‘Hey White. That’s not how we do it.’ He was definitely a good guy.” Rubado23 of Clearwater Fla. was killed Aug. 29 by small-arms fire in Tal Afar. He was based at Fort Carson. “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. He is survived by his wife Mary-Anne. “He did everything right he was truly perfect” said Matt Rubado Charlie’s cousin. “He had a path. He graduated from college and went in the military. He was married. He was just plain happy.” Operation Iraqi Freedom