Bomb kills GI with ties to Oklahoma

Army Staff Sgt. Carlo M. Robinson, 33, who lived in Lawton for a few months in 2007, died Saturday in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Bagram, officials and his family said.

Robinson was a 13-year Army member who grew up in Hope, Ark., his grandmother, Martha Witherspoon, said Wednesday.

Robinson is survived by his daughter, Carneshia, 11, and son Dakaria, 10.

He was a member of the 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade stationed in Fort Polk, La., the Department of Defense said.

He grew up "the quiet type” and enjoyed playing sports through high school, Witherspoon said.

Robinson was a devoted patriot and re-enlisted in the military multiple times, even though it made his family nervous.

"I always said, ‘We’ve already been through this before, and these kids are going over there and risking their lives again,’” said Witherspoon, who had two brothers who served in the military in Vietnam.

Witherspoon said Robinson was the only member of his generation of the family to join the military, but he was undaunted by the reservations of some of his family members.

"There’s danger everywhere, I know, but over there, your life is in God’s hands,” she said. "And he’s in God’s hands now.”