A graduate of the former Solomon Schechter Day School in St.
Louis was one of the six U.S. service member killed in a helicopter crash in
southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the St. Louis Jewish Light reported.
The crash that caused the death Chief Warrant Officer 2
Joshua B. Silverman, 35, is still being investigated by the U.S. Department of
Defense.
According to the report, Silverman graduated from Schecter
in 1990. His parents, Barry and Susie Silverman, now live in Aurora, Col.,
while his own address was listed as Scottsdale, Arizona. The family’s former
rabbi, Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose of Congregation B’nai Amoona, told the Jewish
Light that that the funeral would be held in St. Louis.
“Josh was unlike any of my other friends,” Matthew Litwack,
a childhood friend of Silverman’s, told the Jewish Light. “He was never
concerned with what was cool. He did his own thing and people gravitated around
him.”
He added: “I can never remember a time when we fought or
when he was mean-spirited to anyone,” said Litwack. “Everyone liked Josh. When
I posted about (what happened to) him on Facebook yesterday, no less than 100
people commented on what a terrific person he was.”
A memorial service was planned for Friday morning at the
Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School in St. Louis.
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