March 25, 2013

James Grissom

Sgt. 1st Class James F. Grissom, age 31, of Hayward, California, died on March 21, 2013, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds suffered from small arms fire on March 18, 2013, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. 

He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. 
Father, place James on
the stairway to Heaven

James graduated from Mt. Eden High School in 1999. He attended the Art Institute of San Francisco, where he earned an associate’s degree in computer animation.

He enlisted in the Army in June of 2003. He had previously been deployed to Iraq. This was his first deployment to Afghanistan.

He had received more than a dozen awards and decorations for his service, including a posthumous Bronze Star Medal.

James is survived by many loving friends and relatives including his parents, his sister and his wife.

Thank you for serving, James.

Let us pray that James is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen.

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