02/17/12 Thursday, Congressman Joe Donnelly spoke on the House floor to honor late Indiana National Guardsman, Specialist Robert J. Tauteris, Jr., who died while serving in Afghanistan. Robert’s two sons, Robert J. III and Mathew, and his daughter-in-law, Kayla, watched Donnelly’s speech from the gallery in the House chamber. Watch Donnelly’s floor speech here....
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01/12/12 The family of Specialist Robert Tauteris Junior are asking for their privacy as they prepare for his funeral.  Wednesday morning they granted only three media the opportunity to hear their thoughts of their father and brother. 44 year old “Bobby” as the soldier is known to his family was killed last week in...
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01/09/12 The Indiana National Guard said Saturday four soldiers with an Indiana-based National Guard unit died in Afghanistan when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. A Starke County man, Specialist Robert J. Tauteris Jr., of Hamlet was among those killed in action. According to Indiana Adjutant General Martin Umbarger, the four members of the...
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