Hi My Birdy, I Love You Forever and Always, with all My Heart!❤️
This Memorial Day your Amazing wife Sarah will be honoring you, by talking to a huge crowd, about you and the incredible young man you are.
I have also written a letter about you, which Sarah will read, This is my letter. I’m so very proud of you My Birdy, I miss you with all the pieces of my heart
Curtis J. Duarte, (Birdy) Born July 23, 1990
Curtis was the youngest of four and had a protective nature, which surpassed anything I have ever seen.It didn’t matter how old you were, what you looked like, or what you believed in, he would protect you no matter what the cost. Curtis protected people who he didn’t even know.
Curtis, had a way of taking a situation that would be devastating to most people and he would stay by your side and get you through it. You could be mad or unhappy and Curtis had a way to make you smile. Curtis’s protective nature remained strong throughout his entire life, and when he became an United States Marine the protection he had for others became the strongest ever.
When Curtis was deployed to Afghanistan
I often told him, “Take care of you”,his response never changed, “Take Care Of Them”! I knew in my heart that Curtis would protect his Brothers (Fellow Marines) at all cost. On August 1, 2012 at 13:00 when on his last patrol, he did just that and was KIA (Killed in Action). When his Unit was asked to describe Curtis in 25 words or less, this is what was said.
“Always in front of the line, were imminent danger lurked, he never let another Marine go where he hadn’t cleared it first!”
CPL Curtis J. Duarte (Birdy)
United States Marine Corp.
Born: July 23, 1990
KIA: August 01, 2012
Never Forgotten!