James M. Curran
James M. Curran of Pine Island, serving with the United States Navy in Virginia, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2012 in Virginia. He was 24 years old.
Born April 25, 1987, in Nyack, he was the son of Jeanette and William Shanahan.
He was married to Alanna Marie (Dickten) Curran, formerly of Warwick.
James was a 2005 graduate of Warwick Valley High School, a member of the HOGS (Harley Owners Group) and participated in the Ride for Autism in 2012.
Constructionman Curran was a Navy Seabee and was assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group TWO, Logistics and Support Unit.
Hailing from Pine Island, he joined the Navy in November of 2006. He attended Navy boot camp at the Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill., and graduated in January 2007. After basic training, he was assigned to the Naval Construction Training Center at Gulfport, Mississippi, from January to March 2007. After his technical training, he reported to the Naval Special Warfare Group TWO, Logistics and Support Unit in April 2007.
As a Seabee assigned to Naval Special Warfare, he made numerous deployments in support of Navy SEAL squadrons. He deployed to Iraq as a Combat Engineer in 2007 and 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2010, he deployed to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on a humanitarian mission in support of Operation Unified Response, assisting victims of the January 2010 earthquake.
In 2011, James made another deployment to Iraq working with Special Operations Forces in support of Operation New Dawn.
He is the recipient of the Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism (Expeditionary) Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Expert Pistol and Rifle Medals.
He is survived by his mother and father, Jeanette and William Shanahan of Pine Island; his wife Alanna Curran of Warwick; a sister, Jeanna Curran of Pine Island; a brother, Cole Shanahan of Pine Island; sister-in-law Alycia Dooley of Warwick; and his in-laws, Vern and Denise Dickten, of Warwick.
Visitation was scheduled for Monday, April 23, at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Ave., Warwick. A funeral Mass was scheduled to be celebrated on Tuesday at St. Stephens R.C. Church, followed by interment in Orange County Veterans Cemetery in Goshen.
Memorial donations may be sent to: Motorcycle Riders Foundation Awareness & Education, Inc., 236 Massachusetts Ave. NE #510, Washington, D.C., 20002.
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