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Robert Pole

Third-Party Contractor

Deceased September 7, 2005

Robert Pole

Robert Pole, Private Security Contractor, was killed on September 7, 2005, in Basrah, Iraq, by an improvised explosive device. His hometown is Miller Place, New York.

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