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Joan J Duran
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Joan J. Duran
Age: 24
From: Roxbury, Mass.
Assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Joan J. Duran died August 10 in Iraq of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident.
Died: August 10, 2007
Boston soldier killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
Age: 24
From: Roxbury, Mass.
Assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Joan J. Duran died August 10 in Iraq of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident.
Died: August 10, 2007
Boston soldier killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
BOSTON — A Boston man is killed while on tour in Iraq.
The Department of Defense says 24-year-old Army Sgt. Joan Duran died Friday in a non-combat related incident.
Duran was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division, based at Fort Bragg, N.C.
His friends told The Boston Globe he was in his second Iraq tour and planned to become a college math teacher.
Duran was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to the Boston area as a toddler. He was due to return to Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood in November after four years of service in the Army.
A 2003 graduate of Boston Latin Academy, Duran’s...
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the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.;
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Joan J. Duran died Aug. 10 in Iraq of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident.
Prayers & Messages
Joan J Duran
2009-01-25
Thank you for your Courage & Service. May you rest peacefully in Gods loving arms.
Joan J Duran
2008-08-15
God, please be with this hero and his family at all times. Grant him peace.
You wont ever be forgotten.
Joan J Duran
2008-06-06
Thank you so much for your bravery, patriotism, love of our country and the ultimate sacrifice you have made for us. May your family find comfort in knowing that you are with God now and guarding the gates of heaven. Rest in peace. You will never be forgotten.
Joan J Duran
2008-05-25
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 red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heros never dies.
Joan J Duran
2007-08-22
Rest in peace Joan
Joan J Duran
2007-08-22
Dear Lord, help these family feel Your presence upholding them in their grief. Let them recognize Your love as it heals their hearts, surely slower than they would wish, but in Your own time. In Jesus' name, Amen-
Joan J Duran
2007-08-20
Sleep well.
The 82nd is on post.
Joan J Duran
2007-08-20
I'm sure you will be fighting the bad guys in some other place manito.
Superman will never die.
See you there.
Felipe.
Joan J Duran
2007-08-18
Joan I am still in shock.. I can't believe your really gone. I've seen your family and been by your brother every step of the way. We all miss u sooo much and we can't wait to be reunited with you at later time.. please make sure u save us a spot up in heaven and make sure it's right next to you. I promise you will never be forgotten you are in my heart always. You, Andrea and the family are forever in my prayers, please be sure to watch over us we're all a wreck with out you. We love you and miss you.
Rest in Peace Juan aka Superman
Joan J Duran
2007-08-17
So sad and so wrong...he will be missed by many...
-Rosemary- Boston MA
Joan J Duran
2007-08-17
So sad and so wrong...he will be missed by many...