First post new site: Hey Bob, hope this new version is ok with family and friends...still miss you every day son........love m & d

6/2/2022

31 Comments

Mom

6/22/2022 09:59:56 pm

Click on ‘comments’ and add a post if you like…..

Steven Bartley

2/14/2023 04:39:19 pm

Happy birthday Bob!!

Mom and dad

2/14/2023 06:05:36 pm

Happy birthday Bob! Still miss you so much. Much love Son

Mom and dad

9/27/2023 07:47:19 pm

We love you and still miss you every day. And so do all your friends and family. Hard to comprehend it’s been 18 yrs….
Will see you again my son ❤️

Mom and Dad

2/14/2024 08:50:02 am

Happy Birthday Bob…..miss you every day…

Mom and Dad

9/21/2024 11:44:44 am

Still miss you every day….love you son….

Steven Bartley

9/21/2025 04:38:56 pm

Twenty years brother, in so many ways time has clipped along - in other ways, it has stopped. You are still just as loved, missed and revered, FTGAWB.

Mom, Dad, Chrissy and family

5/25/2026 10:41:47 am

Thinking of you especially on this Memorial Day kiddo.
Still miss you every day.....Love you son....

Steven Bartley

7/23/2022 06:42:06 pm

I see things have been updated on the website. Very nice.

Just hit 20 years since commissioning. Where did the time go? Sam and I pinned Colonel- God Save the Queen.

Miss you brother. FTGAWB

Patti and Bill B

7/24/2022 04:59:51 pm

Congrats Sam & Steve! We're proud of you guys! :)

Steven Bartley

12/10/2022 02:48:35 pm

Happy Founders Day Bob, its the 118th birthday of Pi Kappa Phi!

118 Holley Street Sir....why?

Miss you brother.

Jason Hoskins

9/12/2023 05:32:26 am

Hey Lt. Thinking of you. I'm alot better now. 38. Had I'm hoping the last of my surgery. Only took them 19 years. I'm married. 3 years now. I'm doing good. You know it's thanks to you. I won't forget sir.

Steven Bartley

2/14/2024 07:28:38 am

Happy Birthday brother. You are missed, every day my friend.

steven s bartley

9/21/2024 11:31:39 am

“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”
― Adlai E. Stevenson II

Although your life was short in span, it was deep in commitment to the Nation, and those around you.

Rest Easy, Bob.

Jason Hoskins

9/21/2024 12:46:53 pm

Hey LTB miss you sir. As always I am here because of you. I hope you found Holt up there. I know you 2 are keeping the fires warm at fiddlers green. For none but shades of cavalry men.

Steven Bartley

2/14/2025 07:26:51 am

Happy birthday Brother!

mom and dad

2/14/2025 03:00:25 pm

Happy Birthday kiddo! We miss you every day.....
I think you'd be proud that we keep honoring and remembering veterans on your birthday! We gave out valentines bags to veterans in 5 counties!
Love you forever,
mom and dad

mom and dad and chrissy

9/21/2025 03:20:57 pm

20 years....still feels like yesterday...We miss you more than ever, but we know we Will see you again.
We love you Bob.....

Steven Bartley

2/14/2026 08:20:03 am

Happy birthday Bob!

After almost 30 years I’m retiring this year from the Army. It will be interesting to figure out the next step.

You are still missed and your absence is still felt.

Love ya Brother.

Mike Falzoi

2/16/2026 07:54:49 pm

Bob, i am taking my girl to visit colleges today. I am reminded of our friendship and your
Character. I told her the story of my friend Bob and the pain I caused you and your family. I am sorry brother.
I am sorry you are not going with your daughter to visit colleges, but know you are not
Forgotten. You are a hero.

The Bagers

3/11/2026 09:34:56 am

Hi Mike,
Why things happen the way they do only God knows. But, know that we are sure that Bob forgave you as did we…..now you need to forgive yourself kiddo. We wish all the best to your daughter and to you and your family.

Jason Hoskins

3/11/2026 06:34:21 pm

Hey LTB. Just got family pictures done if the family. Wouldn't be here without you

Jason Hoskins

5/25/2026 11:07:08 am

Hey lt. Miss you so much. Finished 3rd chemo in January. Got my new wheelchair. I got it painted green. Miss just bullshitin round with everyone. No one from the platoon speaks to me anymore. Guess we are just not relevant anymore sir. Still keeping forward sir. I won't forget your orders. I know we will sit and chat again at fiddlers green sir. You earned respect and honor even if the boys forget about us I know you remember me sir. Till the green sir.

Jason Hoskins

6/4/2026 04:46:38 pm

Hey Capt badger. Hoskins here. Boyington want to finally buy his stetson and i told him I'd do a wearing ceremony for him. Since he isn't around a cav unit I am going to call you forward during the ceremony to testify that he is a true Cavalryman. He's worried but i told him I'd call you and holt from Fiddler’s Green to testify. I know you have no problems with Boyington and would ride forth with haste to testify for him..no amount of bullshitin with holt would prevent you both from grabbing a horse and riding up when a Cavalryman calls. Love you. I'll see you again in a few months

TO Capt. Badger family. I don't know if your son told you of our traditions in the Cavalry. A soldier who served with us in Germany is requested a ceremony. I with upmost and respect for your son's dignity. Will request his presence to attend a formal ceremony to induct a fellow brother into the rights of the brotherhood we held with your son. This soldier would like to join the ranks of fine upstanding cavalryman like your son. When this cavalryman passes he would like to join your son among other cavalryman in Fiddler’s Green. This is part of the ceremony. If you would like to witness the ceremony please let me know and I will make it available for you.

Bobs mom and dad

6/5/2026 02:45:10 pm

Hi Jason,
I think this ceremony is more appropriate for you Army buddies, but we truly appreciate you thinking of us and especially for always remembering our son, Bob.
Mr and Mrs B

Jason hoskins

6/5/2026 02:59:32 pm

It's not a problem. Bob sent me a message. He said he's a idiot. I refused to do the ceremony. I uphold the honor and integrity of your soldier till the day I see him in Fiddler’s Green. A fine standing man. He's doing really good. Seemed happy in his message to me. Content amongst our friends. He wasn't drunk. Crystal clear in his feelings and orders regarding the ceremony. He made me chuckle a bit and rode his horse away.
I can only tell you the truth of my call from him. Its your choice to think if it's him. I rode with Bob in 3rd platoon in Germany for 2 months in 04'. Mmm We've spoken together ever since then. We talk alot.

Jason Hoskins

6/5/2026 03:16:36 pm

I don't have any pictures of me and Bob at all together. We understood business. Taking selfie wasn't a thing. I do have pictures of me in the platoon doing stuff that he was there just not in a shot. He would be there as a officer trooper and friend but i can't film him as a officer fraternally with us enlisted. Do you understand? Would you like i send you some pictures of us a soldiers. His platoon. How we were under his last command? How he instilled the brotherhood in us. He would never be in these pictures but he was part of this group of men. You can see his leadership in the younger men around me. He was their mentor. I had already rode in combat before I met Bob so we were brothers. I joined his platoon and added my experience to the unit. Bob was a officer. I was enlisted. We couldn't ever be filmed together in those days. How can I send you just private pictures.?

Mr and Mrs B

6/5/2026 03:37:39 pm

That is so kind of you to offer the photos, but you were all a very important part of our son's life, not ours.
And truly, the pain of his loss is still deeply felt by all of us...

We will always be grateful for the friendship and outreach from many of his comrades-in-arms over the years which reassures us that though it was cut short, he lived a full life.

We wish you and all his Army friends all the best. Live your life to the fullest...and appreciate every single day--
I am certain that is what he would say to all of you.

Jason Hoskins

6/5/2026 04:28:37 pm

Absolutely. He's a loss that is still so strong in my heart. I was there. His loss was all ours out of nowhere. I feel your mourning and I hope you consider mine for your son true. I felt and heard the man who saved my life fall. I try to live within his image in my life so as you know the hurt cannot fade.
On a personal note. My care has come to a conclusion in America and I am returning to the Philippines. It's been a pleasure to speak with you and will pass any wishes you wish me to send to him where I believe he is then my wife has agreed to bear them to my chest as I ride last.

Mr and Mrs B

6/5/2026 05:01:03 pm

We wish you and your wife all the best and thank you for reaching out.
Go live your best life!
Kind regards,
The Bager’s

Jason Hoskins

6/5/2026 05:07:43 pm

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submitted on May 30, 2022 8:47 AM EDT
Name:Steven Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
-Not that we ever need a specific day to think about you and pay respects- but today you’re all the more on the front of my mind. God bless you brother.
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submitted on February 14, 2022 12:17 PM EST
Name:mom and dad
Happy Birthday son! We miss you....
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submitted on February 14, 2022 6:39 AM EST
Name:Steven Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Any suggestions, stories you want to share?Happy birthday Bob! Miss you brother.
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submitted on January 14, 2022 10:06 PM EST
Name:Mom
You’ve been on mind a lot lately….really miss you son.
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submitted on September 21, 2021 4:55 PM EDT
Name:Steven Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
September 21st brother. Not a happy day, but another date on the calendar when we are all thinking about ya. You are missed my friend.
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submitted on May 31, 2021 9:10 AM EDT
Name:Steven Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Bob, Not that an excuse is ever needed to think about ya, but Memorial Day is an occasion that your memory and selfless service to our Nation stands out in my mind all the more. 🇺🇸
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submitted on May 30, 2021 8:17 PM EDT
Name:mom and dad
Email Address:[email protected]
Thinking of you this Memorial Day son...still miss you very much...
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submitted on March 3, 2021 11:17 AM EST
Name:mom and dad
Hey kiddo....we still miss you every day son.... We were able to do a smaller version of bobbysvalentines this year. It was most appreciated by the veterans as always. Love you.....
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submitted on February 14, 2021 7:25 AM EST
Name:Steven Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Happy Birthday Bob!
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submitted on September 21, 2020 10:21 PM EDT
Name:mom and dad
15 years...feels like yesterday...You are so greatly missed, still.... Love you forever...
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submitted on February 16, 2020 8:52 PM EST
Name:mom and dad
Happy Birthday son...still miss you every day... The bobbysvalentines at the VA Friday went really well, much appreciated by so many veterans... Love you, m & d
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submitted on February 16, 2020 11:36 AM EST
Name:CPT Slaughter
Email Address:[email protected]
I never knew Bob or the family but recently heard about the Valentine's Day project in honor of Bob because I am on the board of the Freedom Lounge where you shared Valentine's for traveling military and family. I thought that was pretty cool. I checked the website out and thought it was cool that Bob was in Iraq where I am currently serving for my first tour. First time away from my husband on Valentine's Day because he is deployed in another location. Anyway I just thought your project was cool and Bob seems like he was a good man and Soldier and I'm proud to be walking on the soil where he served. V/R, CPT SLAUGHTER
How did you hear about this site?Freedom Lounge email
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submitted on February 13, 2020 6:25 PM EST
Name:Steven Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Happy big 4-0 brother. I realize technically it’s not the 14th in the states yet, but being stuck over here in Korea allows me to beat the masses to the punch. Miss you dearly good Sir.
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submitted on October 12, 2019 8:17 AM EDT
Name:Steve Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Still over here in Korea. Lovely. Started to watch the Bridge at Remagen, couldn’t finish it. Turned it off, lit a candle and listened to INXS and Gordon Lighfoot instead. Miss you my dear friend.
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submitted on September 21, 2019 11:17 PM EDT
Name:Mom and Dad
14 years...still miss you so much Son. We will love you forever
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submitted on September 1, 2019 6:49 AM EDT
Name:Steven Bartley
“There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul.” - Edith Wharton
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submitted on February 14, 2019 7:30 PM EST
Name:Steve Bartley
Happy birthday brother. ( it’s still the 14th in the states!). You are still missed, loved, and revered.
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submitted on February 14, 2019 7:21 AM EST
Name:mom and dad
Happy Birthday son....going to the VA today to hand out over 600 bobbysvalentines.....I think you'd be ok with that :) Just honoring & remembering our vets...for you...
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submitted on September 21, 2018 1:55 PM EDT
Name:mom and dad
Another year since you've been gone...still miss you lots. Aster came by to visit a handful of weeks ago, left a dime on your marker. Love you son.
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submitted on February 14, 2018 7:57 AM EST
Name:mom and dad
Happy Birthday Son....miss you every day....
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submitted on February 14, 2018 5:50 AM EST
Name:Steven Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
AHappy Birthday Bob!
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submitted on February 14, 2018 5:49 AM EST
Name:Steven Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Happy Birthday Bob!
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submitted on January 1, 2018 10:46 AM EST
Name:Steven Bartley
Happy New Year Bob! Miss you my friend.
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submitted on September 22, 2017 9:25 AM EDT
Name:mom and dad
Hey Bob, Well we made it thru another September 21...just doesn't see to get any easier....we miss you son...
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submitted on September 21, 2017 5:56 AM EDT
Name:Steven Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You, too? Thought I was the only one." -C.S. Lewis Miss you Brother!
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submitted on February 14, 2017 7:02 PM EST
Name:Steven Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Happy birthday Bob! I'm going to listen to Gordon Lightfoot and watch Kelly's Heroes tonight. Seems like a fitting way to spend your day. You are missed! Aye!!!
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submitted on February 14, 2017 8:29 AM EST
Name:mom and dad
Happy Birthday Bob! We miss you every day.......
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submitted on November 11, 2016 7:22 PM EST
Name:Sam Trapaso
Email Address:[email protected]
Miss ya Bob! Happy Veteran's Day
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submitted on September 21, 2016 11:27 PM EDT
Name:Mom
Email Address:[email protected]
Hey Bob-- Just wanted to tell you we miss you...time has not dimmed our sadness. We love you son....
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submitted on May 30, 2016 12:00 PM EDT
Name:Steve Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
The first Memorial Day without my father, you two are forever missed and loved.
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submitted on March 7, 2016 5:10 PM EST
Name:mom and dad
Hey Bob--Just a random entry...we miss you...just wanted you to know
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submitted on February 14, 2016 7:13 AM EST
Name:Steve Bartley

Happy Birthday Brother. Although you aren't here in person, your impact certainly lives on.
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submitted on January 28, 2016 6:40 PM EST
Name:Sam Trapasso
Email Address:[email protected]
Hey Brother, I just wanted to say I miss you. I don't know why, but thoughts about our days at Brockport kept popping in my head. My God, how I miss you, my friend.
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submitted on February 14, 2015 11:59 PM EST
Name:Mom
Happy Birthday son....we miss you more than ever. But, we think you'd be proud of the bobbysvalentines we started--yesterday we gave out over 450 valentines to the veterans of the VA Hospital in Buffalo. We saw many smiles on those vets' faces, especially when they read the valentine's cards the schoolkids wrote for them. Yeah, I think you would have liked that...
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submitted on February 14, 2015 4:40 AM EST
Name:Steve Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Any Happy Birthday Bob, miss you dearly my friend. FTGAWB
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submitted on January 1, 2015 11:19 PM EST
Name:Umar
Email Address:[email protected]
Captain Bager and I both went to WNHS, he was a couple years older than me, never really met him. Probably saw him in the hallway a few times. A few years later, I was 21 and on my way out of Iraq. Saw Cpt Bager(think he was a LT at the time) in line at the DFAC(dining facility) in Camp Arifjian, kuwait. Asked him if he was from buffalo and if he went to north and he said yes. Had a brief conversation with him about ROTC. Shook his hand. He was very gracious and humble which is what I'll always remember during our brief conversation in Kuwait thousands of miles away from Buffalo, NY.
How did you hear about this site?Did a search for Robert Bager, led me here
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submitted on December 21, 2014 10:14 AM EST
Name:Mom and Dad
Well another Christmas comes, but you won't be here, except in our hearts and thoughts. We know you are in a much better place son, but we sure do miss you, your beautiful smile, and your contagious laughter. We love you son.
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submitted on February 14, 2014 2:47 AM EST
Name:Steven Bartley
Happy Birthday brother. Miss you my friend.
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submitted on September 21, 2013 2:51 PM EDT
Name:mom and dad
8 yrs....seems like yesterday...we miss you every day son. "It doesn't matter how much you have, but how much you've shared with others. It doesn't matter what kind of house you have, but whether your love has made it a home. It doesn't matter how many friends you can count, but how many friends you can count on. It doesn't matter how well you do in life, but how much good you do. It doesn't matter how much love you have gathered, but how much love you've given away." -abbey press From what we have seen & learned....you did well in your short life son, we will always be proud of you.
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submitted on July 7, 2013 2:49 AM EDT
Name:Steve Bartley
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. - Albert Camus
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submitted on September 21, 2012 8:43 AM EDT
Name:mom and dad
“ When you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way that when you die, the world cries while you rejoice.” — Ancient Sanskrit saying We think you did just that son......thanks for teaching us to try to do the same....we miss you every day.... love always, mom and dad
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submitted on September 20, 2012 7:58 PM EDT
Name:Pat Gavros, author
Email Address:[email protected]
I didn't know "Captain Bob", but I just wanted to extend my condolences on your loss and to thank you for your son's service and sacrifice. I am deeply appreciative of all of our men's and women's sacrifice. They deserve our honor and respect. I am currently finishing a book called "Final Tributes - Incredible Ways Americans Are Remembering Our Fallen Troops". It tells the stories of a number of Americans who have found ways to memorialize our troops killed in Iraq & Afghanistan. It also lists all of their names. One of the stories is about the Lost Heroes Art Quilt and my Book Designer sent me to your site to get a picture of the Quilt. Would you have a jpeg image you would be willing to share with me? I had one, but it wasn't the right size for the reprint. He thought this one would work.
How did you hear about this site?My book designer told me about it.

submitted on August 7, 2012 3:33 PM EDT
Name:Andrew Ricket
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submitted on July 22, 2012 10:52 AM EDT
Name:Andrew Hyde
Email Address:[email protected]
Hello Just a quick note... I was in Cpt. Badger's platoon at 1-1 CAV . He was a great man and leader. It was a pleasure to serve with him.
How did you hear about this site?  Facebook Friend.
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submitted on July 6, 2012 8:02 PM EDT
Name:Orenthal Galloway
Email Address:[email protected]
How did you hear about this site?threw the 1/1 CAV page on facebook
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submitted on May 28, 2012 6:22 PM EDT
Name:Steve
Email Address:[email protected]
Thinking about you today Bob- Thank you for your service. God Bless- Steve
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submitted on February 14, 2012 11:32 AM EST
Name:Mom & Dad
Happy Birthday Son..... "When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends..." -You lived well my son...we remain SO proud of you and the man you became.
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submitted on February 14, 2012 7:06 AM EST
Name:Steve
Email Address:[email protected]
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end. ~William Shakespeare
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submitted on September 21, 2011 8:04 PM EDT
Name:Steve Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
6 years- miss you every day brother.
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submitted on August 15, 2011 6:23 PM EDT
Name:Little Sis
Email Address:[email protected]
Mom made me this beautiful canvas print from a photo of you on one of your tanks in Iraq. Its hanging in the hallway and I look at it every single day, and miss you every single day. I ask Luke who is that in the picture? He says, 'uncle bobby!' So today he kept asking me to play trucks with him, and I am SO sick of it that I said, in a few minutes honey...you just drive them around by yourself for awhile and Ill watch. He paused, thinking, and kind of looked at the photo for a minute and then he said 'mommy, can uncle bobby play trucks with me?' It broke my heart because I know you would have been the best Uncle and the best playmate for your nephews. Mom keeps bringing out all of your old toys when we go to visit 'grandma and grandpa' and Luke just loves it. Its wonderful to watch Luke enjoy your old things, but its so hard, because I wish you were here to play with us. Love you so much, and miss you always big bro. xoxo
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submitted on June 18, 2011 4:57 PM EDT
Name:Dan Rafferty
Email Address:[email protected]
LTB, I went to your parent's house last night and met them for the first time. Wonderful people, sir. I see now how you turned out to such a great man. I am a better person for knowing you, as I'm sure everyone who has met you is. It was hard holding back tears when they showed me your photo album from Iraq. I miss you, sir, Raff
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submitted on May 27, 2011 9:50 PM EDT
Name:Steve
Email Address:[email protected]
Miss you brother. Every day.
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submitted on February 15, 2011 12:39 AM EST
Name:mom and dad
Happy Birthday son..... We love you & miss you very much
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submitted on November 11, 2010 8:14 AM EST
Name:Kris Boughton
Email Address:[email protected]
Just wanted to say we still remember pal...
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submitted on November 7, 2010 3:45 AM EST
Name:Gord Scoular
Email Address:[email protected]
I did not your know dear son personally. However, your daughter (Chrissy) spoke very highly of Bob. In Canada, on November 11 at the eleventh hour (Remembrance Day), it is an honour to pay our respects, to the many brave women and men who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. I will also take a moment to think about your dear son (Bob). I would like to post the following, for the Canadians and Americans. He whom this scroll commemorates, was numbered among those who at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger and finally passed out of sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice. Giving up their own lives that others might live in Freedom. Let those who come after, see to it, that many names be not Forgotten. Thank you very kindly for your time and sincere regards as well. Gord Scoular
How did you hear about this site? Surfing The Internet.
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submitted on September 21, 2010 3:45 PM EDT
Name:Steve Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Five years Bob, seems like an eternity yet it seems like yesterday. FTGAWB
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submitted on September 21, 2010 11:47 AM EDT
Name:Mom & Dad
"The essential of Christian life, is to look forward to the city of Heaven, for here we have no continuing city, but live among the transient, temporal things." (FJ Sheen) We love & miss you more than ever, son.
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submitted on July 25, 2010 4:42 PM EDT
Name:The Lewis Family
Email Address:[email protected]
Bob, We hope you heard all the stories and toasts at the annual event your folks hold to celebrate YOU! The love everyone, especially your Mom, Dad, and Chrissy feel for you continues to grow.
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submitted on June 8, 2010 1:34 PM EDT
Name:Dwayne Hayward/Shaft
Email Address:[email protected]
I remember walking into 118 Holley and Bob was sitting in his room with a bottle of jack. He looks at me and goes Shaft have you ever thought what theme song you would want to enter a room to? I responded no, Bob then goes here I have a list of songs set aside on my playlist. When I walk into the room, just play a song. This went on for about an hour, I can't remember what song he settled on, but I know it was hillarious the whole time it was going on.
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submitted on February 14, 2010 7:39 AM EST
Name:Mom & Dad
Happy Birthday son....we miss you and look forward to when we will see you again...
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submitted on November 11, 2009 7:42 PM EST
Name:Rich Nolan
Email Address:[email protected]
Thinking about you this Veteran's Day.
How did you hear about this site?  Pi Kappa Phi - J. Scott Atkinson
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submitted on November 11, 2009 9:09 AM EST
Name:Cox Family
Email Address:[email protected]
Bob was a great guy whom we will never forget! His life though cut short impacted so many in positive ways! He can never be forgotten, with love and fond memories of the boy next door with the big heart!! A true role model for our youth to aspire to become!
How did you hear about this site?  Veterans Day e-mail
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submitted on September 21, 2009 7:12 PM EDT
The passage of time has only made us miss you even more Bob....rest easy son and we will be with you again one day soon. Love, mom and dad
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submitted on March 7, 2009 7:55 AM EST
Name:Jessica Healey
Email Address:[email protected]
Hi Aunt Patti- This is am amazing tribute to Bob. I think about him all the time. What he gave for this country and every chance I get I tell people about him and how proud they should be that he served this country for their freedom. More than soldier, he was family. I am going to pass this site on to everyone in the family, as most don't have facebook. You already know this, but Bob was an amazing person and everyone who knew him was blessed to do so.
How did you hear about this site?  facebook
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submitted on March 6, 2009 7:29 PM EST
Name:wayne haug
Email Address:[email protected]
hey aunt pattie (im kinda guessing its you) this is a great site thx for all you have done love, wayne
How did you hear about this site? facebook
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submitted on February 28, 2009 3:45 AM EST
Name:Dario Giomi
Email Address:[email protected]
Just thinking about the good ol' days with LTB in 3rd Platoon. I know he loved being a Scout way more than a Tanker. Anyways, I am getting deployed to Afghanistan in April. I hope that my platoon leader can be half the man that LTB was. He always thought about his soldiers first and himself second. I never met any person that did not respect him. I just read, "In Bob's Words...," and I have no doubt that he would have been the greatest division commander to ever serve. God Bless You Sir!
How did you hear about this site?  Sgt. Rafferty
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submitted on February 15, 2009 1:02 PM EST
Name:John Mayne
Email Address:[email protected]
LTB, was my Platoon Leader, and more importantly my friend, after ten years in the Army I can say I never had as much fun and felt like more of a brotherhood than I did when LTB was in charge. 3rd Platoon 1-1 Cav I miss the cheap pizza, cold beer, and WWII movie marathons see you at the Green Brother.
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submitted on February 14, 2009 11:03 AM EST
Name:Steve Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
Happy Birthday Brother- You are missed...
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submitted on February 14, 2009 10:32 AM EST
Name:Eric & Shana Alderson
Email Address:[email protected]
Just wanted to say happy birthday to The Badge. We were driving in the car and heard a Sophie B. Hawkins song and thought of Bager. We love you buddy!
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submitted on January 21, 2009 4:30 PM EST
Name:Elizabeth Robbins
Email Address:[email protected]
Any suggestions, stories you want to share?This is an amazing tribute to such a beautiful soul. No one who was lucky enough to know Bob will ever forget him, or the memories they have of him and this site is a testament of that. God Bless!
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submitted on January 6, 2009 12:37 PM EST
Name:mom and dad
Email Address:
hey Bob- your 1st nephew, Luke, was born last night, January 5, 2009 to Chrissy & Rhett....the force will be with him always...just like with you love you, mom & dad
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submitted on January 5, 2009 10:02 PM EST
Name:Bill Elsner
Email Address:[email protected]
Any suggestions, stories you want to share?
How did you hear about this site?google

submitted on December 12, 2008 11:05 PM EST
Name:Steve Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
---------------------Not a day goes by that I dont think about Bob, not ever. I am sure that somewhere in the great wide open he is well and looking down...maybe with a spit cup in one hand a drink in the other!
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submitted on July 17, 2008 8:21 PM EDT
Name:Jeremy Moody
Email Address:[email protected]
Geeze, all the crazy stuff we got into. I remember back years ago... Bob, Drew and I were hanging out for the summer. Must have been around 1994 or so. Drew and I discovered a way to make authentic looking "PODS" like from Aliens or Gremlins or something by using a little gasoline, Styrofoam and a match. We made them by accident in the vacant lot by Bobs house and decided to bring Bob over to see them one day. Well, inadvertently we forgot to mention to Bob that we had made them. When he saw them, he freaked out!!! Took off and ran into the house. We followed him inside, when we got to his room he was putting on all his army gear he had collected up and was getting ready to go to battle. He had his combat boots on, his canteen, knife in sheath, old metal helmet, vest everything on. Well by this time things had escalated to the point of no return on this unintentional joke. We went back out to the vacant lot and purely by coincidence found a dead bird near one of the pods, probably killed by a cat, but it nonetheless fueled the fire. We ended up, again by pure coincidence, finding more evidence of these "pod creatures" existence, tracks and everything, all the while jumping out of our skin at every strange noise we heard in the bushes. Drew and I were almost believing these pod creatures existed by the end of the day. Eventually we were able to convince Bob we made the pods in the first place, which was by no means an easy task! Aye me, he will be missed. Love ya Bob!!!! J. Moody
How did you hear about this site?  Kind of by accident
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submitted on June 4, 2008 12:56 PM EDT
Name:Josh Maldonado
Email Address:[email protected]
Any suggestions, stories you want to share?Walking in on Bob in his boxers and a white t-shirt wearing either a stetson or his kevlar, watching some militray show or the history channel...classic Bob!
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submitted on May 21, 2008 2:53 AM EDT
Name:Nicole
Email Address:[email protected]
How did you hear about this site?  i find it online
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submitted on April 28, 2008 2:47 PM EDT
Name:Nina
"the love that once was born can not die for it has become part of us, of our life, woven into the very texture of our being. each of us would wish to leave some part of ourselves, so here and now we bear witness to the one we knew in life, who now in death bequeaths a subtle part, precious and beloved, which will be with us in truth and beauty, in dignity and courage and love to the end of our days." ~ algernon black
How did you hear about this site?  Bob's Mom told me
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submitted on January 1, 2008 7:17 PM EST
Name:Brandon Clark
Email Address:icrazylegs@yahoo.com
Any suggestions, stories you want to share?walking down the street in steve's hometown at 3 in the morning and finding box of vinyl records. we may have thrown them everywhere, we may not have.
How did you hear about this site? Steve Bartley
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submitted on January 1, 2008 6:20 PM EST
Name:Chrissy Warrener
Email Address:[email protected]
Any suggestions, stories you want to share?Mom- you did a fantastic job with this website. Im so proud of you. It must have been difficult. I miss him everyday....The world was a better place with him in it. I know we will see him again soon, but until then, we will always have amazing memories to get us through the hard times. Love you Bob.
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submitted on December 26, 2007 4:00 PM EST
Name:Dwayne Hayward Brother Shaft
Email Address:[email protected]
How did you hear about this site? Through Steve Bartley
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submitted on December 26, 2007 9:04 AM EST
Name:Jim Stack
Email Address:[email protected]
How did you hear about this site?  Pi Kappa Phi
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submitted on December 26, 2007 6:22 AM EST
Name:Sam Trapasso
Email Address:[email protected]
Living with Bob at 118 Holley was the best time, bar none. He had a contagious laugh that made you want to laugh with him. I am proud to call him friend and not a day goes by I don't think about him.
How did you hear about this site? Steve Bartley
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submitted on December 15, 2007 1:18 PM EST
Name:Bob & Christina Boergers
Email Address:[email protected]
Looks great and i will keep in touch with the website.
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submitted on December 14, 2007 11:13 PM EST
Name:Chris Slade
Don't apologize for a novice site. This is nicer than some "professional" sites. One suggestion: maybe some more family (pre-army) pictures in the photo section. I'm sure any visitor to the site would enjoy them, especially people who only new Bob through the army and never saw that side
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submitted on December 11, 2007 8:02 PM EST
Name:Marguerite Dodd
Email Address:[email protected]
Any suggestions, stories you want to share?Bob has this way of randomly popping into my life, when I least expect it. But isn't that just the way he works?! If its Monday and I'm dreading going to my Early American History night class, I smile and remember how Bob used to lecture me about having a better appreciation of the history of our Country. The 6 months I spent out west for AmeriCorps, he came into my thoughts so often. I knew he would be very proud of me and what I was doing...I knew he wouldn't be suprised at the amazing things I was doing. He always told me that I deserved the best, and he had no doubt that if I put my heart into anything I would do amazing things. But Bob randomly coming into my thoughts isn't surprising. He had so many amazing qualities...one of them being his randomness. How many people were subject to standing in Canal Side (Brockports Bar) minding their own business, only to turn their head to the right, and have Bobs finger in their face! Or the random SCREAM in your ear in the midst of Canal Sides loud crowdedness! I'll never forget being woken up by bob yelling at me through my groundfloor window the summer we were all neighbors in Brockport. Begging me to come outside, I was wasting a nice summer day. The SECOND I walked outside I was BOMBARDED by water balloons and supper soakers that Steve and Bob had just purchased at a random trip to Wal-Mart. Was the infamous pinapple bought that day too?! So many amazing memories that summer. So many amazing memories in general....
How did you hear about this site?  Tracy Bliznik
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submitted on November 27, 2007 9:15 AM EST
Name:J.P. Wanja
Email Address:[email protected]
Any suggestions, stories you want to share?Bob was an inspiration to a great many fellas. He was my best friend, and the man I respected and admired most. Everyone who knew him liked him, everyone who really knew him couldn't help but love the guy. The Cavalry community lost a very formidable officer, the world lost a strong spirit; however, I'll never lose the memory of my friend. I know he's still here with all of us in spirit, and I know if my "Wingman" were here stil, he'd be taking care of the U.S. Soldier, and getting "Honked-off" at all the changes in the Army's Armored Corps. ;) See you again, Buddy.....
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submitted on November 19, 2007 2:31 PM EST
Name:Steve Bartley
Email Address:[email protected]
"Teach love to those who hate, and let that love embrace you as you go out into the world. May the teachings of those you admire become part of you, so that you may call upon them. Remember, those whose lives you have touched and whose have touched yours are always a part of you, even if the encounters were less than you would have wished. It is the content of the encounter that is more important than the form." - unknown
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submitted on November 6, 2007 9:17 PM EST
Name:Anna Mauri
Email Address:[email protected]
Not a day goes by that I don't think about Bob. I see him in Angela with her drive for perfection in her music the way Bob was in the things he did ever since he was a young boy like building his Lego masterpieces. It just wasn't right until the last phaser was put in place. I see him in Michael when he's with his friends and they're playing hockey in the basement or something else that makes it sound as if the house is falling down and I call him on it and he gives me some witty response with that sly smile on his face that I have to walk away shaking my head in exasperation laughing. I think of him when I read the paper and I see pictures of our brave soldiers fighting for our freedom and the right to live as we want and I think have I thanked them all today and everyday. I look forward to reading stories about Bob from people who knew him and loved him and want to share their thoughts with us. Bob,till we meet in Heaven I know you're watching over us.
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submitted on November 4, 2007 9:20 AM EST
Name:Aunt Diana
Email Address:
Nice tribute to a loved and greatly missed son/brother/grandson/nephew/friend/soldier. More later...
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June 2022

First post new site: Hey Bob, hope this new version is ok with family and friends...still miss you every day son........love m & d

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