Marine Private First Class Robert Buskey, Jr
March 22, 1981 ~ March 2, 2009
2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, NC
27, of Wesley Chapel FL; died of natural causes at Camp Lejeune, NC
2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, NC
27, of Wesley Chapel FL; died of natural causes at Camp Lejeune, NC
Bobby was born in Concord, NH, and grew up in Wesley Chapel, FL.
Bobby enjoyed skateboarding when he was young. Once, while skateboarding at home, he flew off the two steps that led to the family's living room. The skateboard careened into the wall, leaving a hole. "He tried patching it, and when his stepdad and I got home, we noticed the patch," said Megan Gamelin. "He tried talking his way out of it."
Bobby went to Land O'Lakes High School and graduated in 1999. For a while, he worked odd jobs as a chef at a country club and as a cook at a sports bar. Outside of work, he liked rap music and watching mixed martial arts fighting.
When Bobby decided he was going to join the US Marine Coprs, he knew his mother would worry, so he didn't tell her he was joining the Marines until after he enlisted.
Bobby attended boot camp in Parris Island, S.C., and trained in Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri before heading to Camp Lejeune. While there, he worked as a vehicle operator. He talked to his mother often, text messaging three or four times a day. Sometimes, he would forward his mother text messages and photos of potential dates. He would ask her, "What do you think, Mom?"
He also made sure his mother could take part in his military experiences. "Whenever there was a change of command," Buskey Gamelin said, "he would put his cell in his pocket so I could hear it."
At 4:30 a.m. on Valentine's Day 2014, Megan Gamelin heard a knock on her door. It was an unexpected visit from Bobby. He had driven 13 hours to surprise his her at her Tampa home. "He said, 'Happy Valentine's Day,' " recalled Megan Gamelin.”He said, 'I'm here to spend the day with the woman I love the most.'"
Bobby is survived by father Robert Buskey, Sr. and stepmother Theresa Buskey, his mother Megan Gamelin and stepfather Richard Gamelin, his brother Christopher Buskey, his sisters Elizabeth Brown and her husband Travis, Rachel Gamelin and her husband Raymond, his grandparents Barbara and Arland Bernier and his extended family.
Bobby enjoyed skateboarding when he was young. Once, while skateboarding at home, he flew off the two steps that led to the family's living room. The skateboard careened into the wall, leaving a hole. "He tried patching it, and when his stepdad and I got home, we noticed the patch," said Megan Gamelin. "He tried talking his way out of it."
Bobby went to Land O'Lakes High School and graduated in 1999. For a while, he worked odd jobs as a chef at a country club and as a cook at a sports bar. Outside of work, he liked rap music and watching mixed martial arts fighting.
When Bobby decided he was going to join the US Marine Coprs, he knew his mother would worry, so he didn't tell her he was joining the Marines until after he enlisted.
Bobby attended boot camp in Parris Island, S.C., and trained in Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri before heading to Camp Lejeune. While there, he worked as a vehicle operator. He talked to his mother often, text messaging three or four times a day. Sometimes, he would forward his mother text messages and photos of potential dates. He would ask her, "What do you think, Mom?"
He also made sure his mother could take part in his military experiences. "Whenever there was a change of command," Buskey Gamelin said, "he would put his cell in his pocket so I could hear it."
At 4:30 a.m. on Valentine's Day 2014, Megan Gamelin heard a knock on her door. It was an unexpected visit from Bobby. He had driven 13 hours to surprise his her at her Tampa home. "He said, 'Happy Valentine's Day,' " recalled Megan Gamelin.”He said, 'I'm here to spend the day with the woman I love the most.'"
Bobby is survived by father Robert Buskey, Sr. and stepmother Theresa Buskey, his mother Megan Gamelin and stepfather Richard Gamelin, his brother Christopher Buskey, his sisters Elizabeth Brown and her husband Travis, Rachel Gamelin and her husband Raymond, his grandparents Barbara and Arland Bernier and his extended family.
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