DEAD BODYGUARDS Maj. Gen. William Robertson
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DEAD BODYGUARDS
Maj. Gen. William Robertson
Deputy Commanding General, V Corps, Europe
Col William Densberger
V Corps Chief of Operations and Plans
Col. Robert Kelly
V Corps Chief of Intelligence
Spec. Gary Rhodes
Crew Chief
died: 2/23/93 - All were killed when their helicopter crashed in Weisbaden,
Germany. No cause was ever determined. - V Corps figured prominently in the US
Bosnia-Serbia peacekeeping operations, along with the carrier Roosevelt. These
men, and 8 others associated with Clinton's visit to the Roosevelt all died
within 4 months of each other.
Steve Willis
Clinton bodyguard
Robert Williams
Clinton bodyguard
Conway LeBleu
Clinton bodyguard
Todd McKeehan
Clinton bodyguard
died: 2/28/93 - "executed" by gunfire in the Waco, Texas assault on the
Branch Davidians. - All four were examined by a "private doctor" and died
from nearly identical wounds to the left temple, so-called execution style.
According to Linda Thompson, videotapes and other evidence indicates that none
died from guns fired by Branch Davidians.
Five Navy aviators
Clinton bodyguards/escorts
(names not determined) died: 3/26/93 - all died in a crash of an E-2C
Hawkeye in Italy. The crash occurred shortly after the plane was "waved
off" from a landing attempt on the Carrier Roosevelt, due to a "foul deck". -
All five men had been Clinton's escorts during Clinton's visit to the Roosevelt
2 weeks prior. Three other men, who had flown Clinton to the Roosevelt for that
visit also died later in a helicopter crash.
Staff Sgt. Brian Haney
Clinton bodyguard
Marine Sgt. Tim Sabel
Clinton bodyguard
Maj. William Barkley
Clinton bodyguard
Capt. Scott Reynolds
Clinton bodyguard
died: 5/19/93 - All four men died when their helicopter crashed in the
woods near Quantico, Va. - Reporters were barred from the site, and the
head of the fire department responding to the crash described it by saying,
"Security was tight," with "lots of Marines with guns." A videotape made by a
firefighter was seized by the Marines. All four men had escorted Clinton on his
flight to the carrier Roosevelt shortly before their deaths.