Name: Army Cpl. Joshua C. Blaney
Age: 25
From: Matthews, N.C.;
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy;
Incident: Army Cpl. Joshua C. Blaney died Dec. 12 at Forward Operating Base Curry, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Michael J. Gabel.
Died: December 12, 2007
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Prayers & Condolences For: Joshua C Blaney BY Anonymous on Sep 07, 2008
I miss you so much baby. Not a day goes by that I don't think of you and wait for the day I can see you again. All my love- Abby
Prayers & Condolences For: Joshua C Blaney BY miyembro on May 17, 2008
Your sacrifice will remain in our hearts for a lifetime,
with intense gratitude. May God bless you and your family.
Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms.
We cherish too, the Poppy redThat grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skiesThat blood of heros never dies.
Prayers & Condolences For: Joshua C Blaney BY Anonymous on Jan 18, 2008
Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way you always used to. Put no difference in your tone; wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was, let it be spoken without effort, no trace of a shadow on it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is unbroken continuity. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am waiting for you, somewhere very near. Just around the corner. All is well."- Henry Scott Holland (1847 - 1918) Canon of St Paul's, London
Prayers & Condolences For: Joshua C Blaney BY Anonymous on Jan 08, 2008
His Journey's Just BegunDon't think of him as gone away--his journey's just begunlife holds so many facetsthis earth is only one.Just think of him as restingfrom the sorrows and the tearsin a place of warmth and comfortwhere there are no days and years.Think how he must be wishingthat we could know todayhow nothing but our sadnesscan really pass away.And think of him as livingin the hearts of those he touched...for nothing loved is ever lost--and he was loved so much.