Merced, California
Debbie Johnston once came home to a house covered in toilet paper. A seventh and eighth grade teacher, she also happened to live next to Joshua D. Pickard. Pickard told her the next day that he''d heard about the TP incident. "I said, ''Yeah, Josh, what do you know about that?''" Johnston said. "He just grinned that grin of his." Pickard, 20, of Merced, Calif., was killed Dec. 19 by small-arms fire in Anbar province. He was a 2004 high school graduate and was assigned to Camp Lejeune. Pickard, who started at defensive tackle in high school, wasn''t the best player in the world, said his former football coach John Denno, but made up for it with tenacity. Pickard treated every practice as if it were a title game. "What other perceived as work, he perceived as enjoyment," Denno said. Laurie Bazan said she had known Pickard since he was 8. Even as a young child he was a most respectful and responsible young man. "He was always caring about others. He was just an exemplary young man who will be very missed. He was friends with everybody and always had a kind word to say," Bazan said. He is survived by his parents, Larry and Terri.
To the family and friends of Cpl. Joshua D. Pickard:
Please accept my remembrance of Joshua on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.
Peggy Childers
December 19, 2011 | Carson City, NV
Prayer Shawls 4 Fallen Soldiers ([email protected]) is an organization with groups throughout the country who strive to send handmade prayer shawls and/ or lap robes to families who have lost a loved one in service to our country. Members of Trindle Spring Lutheran Church in Mechanicsburg, PA would like to honor your son’s sacrifice and memory by sending our prayers and comfort through a shawl which we will mail to you. If you are interested, please contact me at [email protected] with...
Lynne Neibert
June 18, 2011 | Mechanicsburg, PA
To the family and friends of Cpl. Joshua D. Pickard:
Remembering Joshua on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
Peggy Childers
December 19, 2010 | Carson City, NV
On this day and with each day that we enjoy our freedom, I would like to give thanks and let you know that I do not take our troops for granted. May you experience God when you feel your loss.
Donna Gillette
December 25, 2009 | Brick, NJ
Josh, coming up on three years is hard for family and friends but I want you to know that you will be forever remembered. I too travel this journey of grief so I know that your family isn't alone.
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debbi
August 13, 2009 | SC
We love our Soldiers! We love our country and we cannot express enough love and compassion to the families of our fallen heroes. War does not discriminate – It breaks our hearts to see the faces of the fallen. We want to give this gift to you. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization! Over 1,450 portraits have been completed and shipped to the parents and or spouse - at no cost as this is a gift from one American to another!
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Kenna Larra
February 27, 2009 | Manti, UT
i spent some time as josh's roomate he was a great guy.. i will never forget him i love you josh take care
joshua mcarthur
February 13, 2009 | Wilmington, NC
In Memory of Joshua ~ (Debra Estep)
Holding you all in my thoughts and prayers.
The Wind on The Downs
“I like to think of you as brown and tall,
As strong and living as you used to be,
In khaki tunic, Sam Brown belt and all,
And standing there and laughing down at me.
Because they tell me, dear, that you are dead,
Because I can no longer see your face,
You have not died, it is not true, instead
You seek adventure in some other place.
That you are round about me, I believe;
I hear you...
December 27, 2008
To the family of Cpl. Joshua D. Pickard:
Joshua gave the ultimate sacrifice and will be held in the hearts of Americans forever. I cannot and will not let our fallen heroes be forgotten. My deepest sympathy to you. "Some gave all."
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
Peggy Childers
December 19, 2008 | Carson City, NV
