Memorial Ceremony for Fallen Guardsmen Major Robert J. Marchanti II
Maryland Guard Soldiers and guests gather to honor the life of
Guardsmen, Major Robert J. Marchanti II, March 8, 2012 at the 5th Regiment
Armory, Baltimore, MD. Marchanti was deployed with the 29th Infantry Division
Security Partnering Team 2 in Afghanistan, working as a mentor to the Afghan
National Police.
He died Feb. 25, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan due to wounds
received during an attack on the Afghan Interior Ministry. LTC Christopher Cole,
worked with Marchanti in Baltimore in the Military Construction Plans and
Programming Department, and Afghanistan.
