Captain Robert E. Dolan, United States Navy
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Robert E. Dolan of Alexandria, Virginia, who was born and raised in Florham Park, New Jersey spent twenty years in the service of this nation as a member of the United States Navy. After graduating from Hanover Park High School in East Hanover, New Jersey, he attended the United States Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1981 with a degree in ocean engineering. Among his honors were the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal.
Captain Dolan was just forty-three years old when he was killed on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. He had just begun serving in his new post, Head of Strategy and Concepts for the Chief of Naval Operations. His office was on the first floor of D Ring at the Pentagon. His was among the offices struck when Flight 77 was flown into the Pentagon by the murderous cowards who had hijacked it. He was survived by Lisa, his wife of nineteen years, and the couple's two children, Rebecca and Beau, who were fifteen and nine respectively. His parents, who remained in Florham Park, lived through a parent's worst nightmare, having to bury their child, one of their three sons.
-AK
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