A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 22, 2018 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Northeast Chapel. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Burial with full military honors will follow the service at Fort Jackson National Cemetery.
MSG Rabe was born on April 11, 1981 in Kankakee, IL. He entered the military on Sept. 30, 1999, earning the MOS 19D, Cavalry Scout. MSG Rabe graduated the Special Forces Qualification Course in 2006 earning the MOS 18E, Communications Sergeant.
MSG Rabe joined 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in 2007. Where he deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008. In 2012, while working as a Special Forces Recruiter MSG Rabe met his wife Shea Rabe. He then transferred to the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) where he deployed to Afghanistan in 2016. Upon returning to Fort Carson, MSG Rabe was assigned as the Team Sergeant for an ODA. In Sept. 2017, MSG Rabe deployed once again to Afghanistan for seven months.
Some but not all of his awards and decorations include the Combat Infantry Badge, Recruiting Badge - Silver, Senior Parachutist Badge, Special Operations Dive Supervisor Badge, three Bronze Star Medals, two Meritorious Service Medals, Joint Service Commendation Medal, one Army Commendation Medal for Valor, three Army Commendation Medals and the prestigious Audie Murphy Award.
MSG Rabe is survived by his wife Shea Nicole Rabe, his son D’marco Rabe, daughter Jazmyn Rabe, stepson Timothy Quintana, mother Renee Romandine, father Jeffrey Rabe (Donna Helgeson), grandparents Dennis and Nancy Rabe, sister Melissa Dillon, nephew Nathan Romandine, brother Trever Reliford, sister Shannon Carter, grandmother Roseina Fischer and several Aunts, Uncles, Nieces and Nephews.
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