Triangle of Death Hostage Search: Day 12

The vigil was small, just members of Joseph J. Anzack Sr.’s family and a few close friends. It was led by an Army chaplain on the second floor of a stucco apartment building in Torrance, California with a yellow ribbon on the front door.

The group spoke of Joseph Jr., the handsome 20-year-old private first class and 10th Mountain Division gunner whose body had been pulled from the Euphrates River earlier Wednesday, and two other soldiers still missing following an ambush in the Triangle of Death on May 12.

Said the father:

We said a prayer for the other two boys, then sat around and talked about Joseph, just sharing the love of my son and why we all loved him.

I’m not really sure where I’m going to go from here. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do tomorrow. But I have to keep living. I have to keep my family strong.

His sister, she can’t believe it. His mom, she’s doing OK. We lost our son. It’s not fair.

The two other missing men are Specialist Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Private Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Michigan.

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