Josh Spingler, 21, of LaPorte, Indiana, passed away at 1:49 p.m. on Thursday, December 28, 2006 at his home.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 4, at Cutler Funeral Home with REv. Dr. Peter Wallace officiating. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, West Point, New York.
Josh was born January 22, 1985, in New Brunswick, NJ to Kevin C. & Theresa (Seifert) Spingler.
Surviving are his parents of LaPorte; his sister Maggie Spingler, a student at Elon University, Elon, NC; and his grandparents Al & Jean Seifert of Sun City Center, FL.
His grandparents, Charles & Margaret Spingler, preceded him in death.
Josh was a second year cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point where he was in the top 20% of his class. He was a 2003 graduate of the First Baptist Academy in Dallas, TX and a 2005 graduate of the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, NM, graduating 3rd in his class. He was also a member of the Grappling Club at West Point, a paratrooper, and an advanced open water scuba diver.