Fallen Hero: 2nd Lt Robert M. Kelly, USMC

Second Lt. Robert Kelly was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb during a foot patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan while serving his 3rd combat deployment.

Lt. Kelly, 29, had served two tours in Iraq as an enlisted Marine before being commissioned in 2008, and was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton.


His service awards include the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Afghanistan Combat Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, according to the 1st Marine Division Public Affairs Office.

He was the son of Lt. Gen. John Kelly, now commander of New Orleans-based Marine Forces Reserve.

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