Fort Bragg service set for soldier with area ties

Published 10:40 pm Tuesday, October 28, 2008

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A memorial service is scheduled to honor a Fort Bragg soldier killed by a rocket-propelled grenade attack last week in Afghanistan.

The service will be held Tuesday at the Faith Chapel at Fort Bragg for Maj. Robert D. Lindenau, who died Oct. 20 when the grenade hit his vehicle in Charbagh, Afghanistan.

Lindenau was a member of the 91st Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade.

The 39-year-old officer is survived by his wife, Tonya, and four children, all of Fort Bragg.

Lindenau is a native of Seattle who lived in Everett and Camano Island. He held bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from the University of Idaho. He joined the Army in 1996 as a mechanic and was commissioned an officer in 1999.