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Slain Oregon soldier remembered as man of 'honor and faith'
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 | No comments posted.
FRUITLAND, Idaho (AP) - Army Sgt. Joshua Brennan, killed Oct. 26 in Afghanistan, was remembered as a man of “honor and faith” Saturday outside Corpus Christi Catholic Church where services were held.
Brennan, 22, was killed in a Taliban ambush in Asadabad.
Family, friends, soldiers, federal, state and local officials and many from the general public paid their respects in a service marked with laughter and tears.
Speakers included Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski and U.S. Rep. Greg Walden.
Kulongoski will return to nearby Ontario, where Brennan lived much of the time with his mother, for the Veterans’ Day Parade.
“I am sad that Sgt. Brennan is not marching (that day),” Kulongoski said.”
Despite the changes in war through the years, “The risks remain the same,” Kulongoski said. “The pain that war brings to a family is the same.”
Calling Brennan a person of honor and faith, “This man was doing good deeds,” Kulongoski said.
Brennan was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart, which were presented to his family by Oregon National Guard Adjutant General Raymond Rees.
The flag on his casket was folded and presented to Brennans mother, Janice Gates, of Ontario.
Another flag was draped on the casket for the trip to Wisconsin where Brennan will be buried and where his father resides.
Brennan was the 101st soldier from Oregon or with strong Oregon ties to die in Iraq or Afghanistan, according to a list kept by Kulongoski’s office.
Brennan, 22, was killed in a Taliban ambush in Asadabad.
Family, friends, soldiers, federal, state and local officials and many from the general public paid their respects in a service marked with laughter and tears.
Speakers included Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski and U.S. Rep. Greg Walden.
Kulongoski will return to nearby Ontario, where Brennan lived much of the time with his mother, for the Veterans’ Day Parade.
“I am sad that Sgt. Brennan is not marching (that day),” Kulongoski said.”
Despite the changes in war through the years, “The risks remain the same,” Kulongoski said. “The pain that war brings to a family is the same.”
Calling Brennan a person of honor and faith, “This man was doing good deeds,” Kulongoski said.
Brennan was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart, which were presented to his family by Oregon National Guard Adjutant General Raymond Rees.
The flag on his casket was folded and presented to Brennans mother, Janice Gates, of Ontario.
Another flag was draped on the casket for the trip to Wisconsin where Brennan will be buried and where his father resides.
Brennan was the 101st soldier from Oregon or with strong Oregon ties to die in Iraq or Afghanistan, according to a list kept by Kulongoski’s office.
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