We Honor and Remember:

Petty Officer Denis C. Miranda
​Hometown: Toms River, New Jersey. 
Age: 24 years old
Died: September 21, 2010 in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Unit: East Coast based SEAL Team.

Birth: Dec. 6, 1985, Argentina

Petty Officer 3rd Class (SEAL) Denis C. Miranda, 24, of Toms River, N.J., assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL Team. He died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in the Zabul province, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

He enlisted Sept. 10, 2003, and was advanced to E-4 on July 16. Before becoming a SEAL in 2007, he served at Patrol Squadron 8 in Jacksonville, Fla. He also attended hospital corpsman "A" school before entering Naval Special Warfare.

He left his parents, Patricia and Christian Miranda; and his brothers, Alan and Kevin Miranda, all of Toms River; his maternal grandmother, Elsa Allegretti, of Argentina. He is also survived by his loving fiancé, Lacy Cromwell of Oregon; best friend/brother, Eugene Lewis III; and many loving aunts, uncles, and cousins in Argentina, and cousins in Spain. 

Burial:
Ocean County Memorial Park
Toms River
Ocean County
New Jersey, USA

Denis Christian Miranda, Navy Seal, 3rd Class Petty Officer, of Toms River, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, in a helicopter crash, in Afghanistan, while proudly serving his country. Born Dec. 6, 1985 in Argentina, he resided in Japan for six months before returning to Argentina, and finally coming to New Jersey in 1987.

A graduate of Toms River High School East in 2003, Denis joined the Navy soon after graduation. He became a Hospital Corpsman in 2007, entered BUD/S in 2007, and graduated as a Navy Seal in October 2008. He served at Patrol 8 in Jacksonville, Fla.

Denis was honorable, spiritual, passionate, family oriented, hard-working, giving, loved by everyone, funny, life of the party, humble, gifted, courageous, and motivating.

Left behind are his parents, Patricia and Christian Miranda; and his brothers, Alan and Kevin Miranda, all of Toms River; his maternal grandmother, Elsa Allegretti, of Argentina. He is also survived by his loving fiancé, Lacy Cromwell of Oregon; best friend/brother, Eugene Lewis III; and many loving aunts, uncles, and cousins in Argentina, and cousins in Spain.

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