Jose Giovany Pineda, 24, of Columbia, died Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Born January 17, 1995 in Bergen County, NJ, he was a son of Milton Giovany Pineda Chacon and Adriana Castrillon Pineda.

Jose moved to Fort Mill, SC in 2007 and graduated from the National Honors' Society in 2013 from Indian Land High School. He attended the University of South Carolina in the Mechanical Engineering program prior to joining the US Army on November 3, 2016. Jose married his college sweetheart, Katherine Victoria Cid on October 17, 2016.
Jose served in the US Army as a 42A Human Resources Specialist. He was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC with HHC 1st Battalion 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Jose was regarded as an outstanding Airborne Paratrooper that was self-motivated to complete any task assigned to him. He would often stay late after work to complete the mission. Jose was medically discharged with honors on March 3, 2019.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Katherine Cid-Pineda; his two sons, Joseph and Michael Pineda; and two younger siblings, Sarah and Diego Pineda.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 9:30 o'clock, Friday, December 27, 2019 at Our Lady of the Hills Catholic Church, with The Rev. Fr. George Rosario, C.Ss.R. officiating. The Rite of Committal and full military honors will be held at a later date at Fort Jackson National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 o'clock, Thursday, December 26th at Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, 7600 Trenholm Road Ext., Columbia.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made via the following link:
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