Joseph T. Caron
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| Age: |
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21 |
| Hometown: |
Roy, WA |
| Date of Death: |
4/10/2010 |
| Incident Location: |
Afghanistan |
| Branch of Military: |
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Army |
| Rank: |
Spc |
| Unit: |
Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team |
| Unit's Base: |
Ft. Bragg
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Joey Caron hadn't wrestled before he got to Washington High School in Parkland as a freshman.
“He got beat up a little bit,” head wrestling coach Jason Wiklund said Tuesday.
But Caron was determined, and bit by bit, his skills improved.
The 2007 Washington High graduate took that dedication to Afghanistan as a paratrooper in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, family and friends said Tuesday.
It’s what many will remember about the soldier who was killed Sunday by an enemy explosive in Kandahar province.
Spc. Joseph T. Caron, named for his Vietnam veteran grandfather, was 21 years old.
The young man who took part in the Air Force JROTC as a Washington High School Patriot always knew he was destined for military service.
“For him, there was no other choice,” Wiklund said. “What he wanted to do in life was to serve his country.”
30/12/2011Tani Hubbard
I,m his mother ,joey and i were very tight as a mother and son should be...I love and miss him very much...I will be with him again one day as i am big believer in GOD....and i have his brother josh with me ..he lives just a mile from me..I'm blessed to have had both boys in my life....
07/03/2011Katlyn Ewert
Wow , his face is all over the internet . That's my cousin . . I love and miss him soo muchh . .