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Third-Party Contractor
Year of Death: 2005

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.

Please contact DS Public Affairs (dspublicaffairs@state.gov) if you have an image of this individual.

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