Joshua S. Gire

Army Staff Sgt. Joshua S. Gire, age 28, of Chillicothe, Ohio, was killed in Logar Province, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2011, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire.

He was assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, Bamberg, Germany.

Joshua was a 2000 graduate of Huntington High School in southern Ross County. He had been stationed in Germany, but was serving a second tour in Afghanistan at the time of his death. He enlisted in the Army in 2001. 

Gabriel, Archangel, pray
for Joshua

Joshua is described by family members as a wonderful man who was very proud of his children and who very much loved his wife. “The family loved Josh a great deal. It’s a huge, huge, huge loss for our family, our country and the communities affected. We are very proud of him.”

Joshua is survived by numerous loving relatives including his wife, Jackie and children Nicholas, age 5 and Riley, age 3; his mother, Peggy Hunt and her husband Dale; father Paul Gire Jr.; brothers, Mike Donahue, Paul Gire III, and John Hunt; one sister Beth Hunt and a step-sister Sandy (Hunt) Bourne.

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Joshua S. Gire is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen