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PERSONAL:
ROBERT JAMES O’ROURKE
174 Blue Spruce Lane
Ridgway, Colorado
(970) 626-5831
[email protected]
Wife: Joan
Sons: LtCol Patrick O’Rourke USAF Pararescue – Multiple combat tours Iraq/Afghanistan;

Patty and I have enjoyed married life together for 46 years. We have two children, Wendy and David, and ten grandkids. We reside in Brewster,

Like the rest of our class, after TBS and MOS training, I went immediately to Vietnam, arriving in April 1968. My unit was the 3rd Engineer Battalion in Quang Tri,

I am an NROTC graduate of the University of Texas and the son of a Marine Corps aviator. After TBS I went to Pensacola, graduating in March ‘69 as a helicopter pilot and getting married in April.