Jose Oscar Belmontes, 28

Army, Private 1st Class

Based: Ft. Drum, N.Y.

630th Engineer Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade

Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom

Died: July 28, 2012

Wardak province, Afghanistan

Gender: Male

Hometown: La Verne

Burial: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside

Belmontes died July 28 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from enemy, small arms fire.

Jesus J. Lopez, 08/01/2012

Benjamin C. Pleitez, 07/27/2012

Four memories of Jose Oscar Belmontes

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Jose Oscar Belmontes, or JosBe as i and may other called him in high school i new him then, till now...he never changed alway carring and would alway give you his opinion about what he thought was righ..a very wonderfull person in general, would always be there when you need him and gave out a hand if need..this man alway with a smile on his face...you only had to know him for a couple of minutes and you would like him already is the kind of person he was...he loved his wife so much and would do anything and give anything to give her the world if he could...oh JosBe how Much i'm going to miss you you were a true friend...may god be with you and one thing is for sure you will always be in our hearts.

” — Andrea Borquez, July 30, 2012 at 7:18 p.m.

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I would like to express my condolences to Jose's family. THE BIBLE TEACHES: God foretells a time when he will establish peace earth wide. Under his Kingdom, a heavenly government, people will not "learn war anymore." Instead, they will "beat their swords into plowshares."(Isaiah 2:4) God will bring an end to all injustice and suffering. The Bible promises: "[God] will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things [including today's injustices and sufferings] have passed away." That gives us a wonderful hope for the future. If you would like to know more about this, talk with one of Jehovah's Witnesses, when they are in your neighborhood. They will be happy to talk with you.

” — Muriel Mahan, July 31, 2012 at 1:55 p.m.

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