Corporal Robert Thomas James Mitchell was proud to help rebuild war-torn Afghanistan and felt he was working towards the greater good. The father-of-three was killed in an ambush in the Panjwai region on Oct. 3, 2006.
Sgt. Craig Gillam, also of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based in Petawawa, Ont., was also killed in the series of mortar and rocket attacks just west of Kandahar city.
I didn't know Rob personally, but I know his parents. They're good friends of my parents. It's really tragic. And to add to the tragedy, his younger brother, Rob's only sibling, has been diagnosed with brain cancer, so he's fighting his own battle back here. My thoughts go out to their parents and to Rob's wife and children. And to all the families who are having their own quite vigils at home hoping that the next soldier to die fighting for freedom isn't the soldier whose safe return they're praying for.
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