05/25/2026
This Memorial Day, share the memory of your hero who is no longer here. Celebrate their memory and their legacy.
Today I will celebrate SFC Joshua James (October 21, 1987 - November 15, 2022). Joshua was a uniquely kind and loving man who touched the lives of every person he encountered. During the darkest times of my life as I struggled with PTSD, a loss of who I was, and the challenges of what life was for me at that time, he showed me a kindness and a love that helped bring me through and helped me get to the life I have today, a life filled with hope, joy, love, and so much potential. It may seem dramatic to say that Josh saved my life, but at the very least his presence in my life has been a crucial piece in me finding the life I now have. He not only was a hero to nation for his service and sacrifice in combat, but he is a hero to me for the person he was and the example he set every day in his life. I am forever changed for the better to have known him and called him my friend and my brother. Brother’s never forget. You are not forgotten. Your legacy lives on in what we at The Hero’s Legacy Project strive to do; to show the same generosity, kindness, compassion, and love that you displayed in your life. Til Valhalla my brother.