Gire, Joshua S.
Army Staff sergeant

Joshua S. Gire, age 28, from Chillicothe, Ohio, Ross county.

Service era: Afghanistan

School: Huntington High (2000)

Military history: 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, Bamberg, Germany.

Date of death: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Death details: Died in Logar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device, rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire. Pfc. Michael C. Mahr was also killed.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times.