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78S41437 MMS-D
By: Hamric H.R. No. 235
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Texans, and indeed all Americans, are deeply
indebted to this country's military personnel, who through the
years have brought to their endeavors an exceptional degree of
courage, idealism, and professionalism, and we recognize that these
admirable men and women too often face the ultimate sacrifice in the
course of carrying out their arduous missions; and
WHEREAS, The United States Department of Defense has
reported, as of April 15, 2004, the names of 77 men and women from
Texas who have died in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation
Iraqi Freedom; these individuals are being mourned by families,
friends, and communities across the State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, Those lost in Operation Enduring Freedom are
Sergeant First Class Nathan Chapman; Staff Sergeant Brian Craig;
Specialist Rodrigo Gonzalez-Garza; Sergeant First Class John
Taylor; Technical Sergeant John Chapman; Airman First Class Raymond
Losano; and Staff Sergeant John Teal; and
WHEREAS, Texans lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom are Corporal
Daniel Amaya; Specialist Edward Anguiano; Chief Warrant Officer
Andrew Todd Arnold; Specialist Richard Arriaga; Specialist Robert
Arsiaga; Private First Class Chad Bales; Sergeant Michael Paul
Barrera; Chief Warrant Officer Michael Blaise; Captain Ernesto
Blanco; Chief Warrant Officer Clarence Boone; Specialist Adolf
Carballo; Lance Corporal James Casper; Staff Sergeant Roland
Castro; Staff Sergeant Gary Collins; Specialist Zeferino Colunga;
Private Rey Cuervo; Captain Eric Das; Staff Sergeant Joe Dunigan;
Sergeant William Eckhart; Private Ruben Estrella-Soto; Master
Sergeant George Fernandez; Private Robert Frantz; Specialist
Israel Garza; First Sergeant Joe Garza; Lance Corporal Shane
Goldman; Private First Class Analaura Esparza Gutierrez; Private
First Class Clayton Henson; Master Sergeant Kelly Hornbeck; First
Lieutenant Doyle Hufstedler; Private First Class Ray Hutchinson;
Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar; Specialist John Johnson; Staff
Sergeant Phillip Jordan; Specialist Michael Karr, Jr.; Corporal
Brian Matthew Kennedy; Specialist James Kiehl; Specialist Scott
Larson; Private First Class Jason Ludlam; Corporal Matthew Matula;
Corporal Jesus Martin Antonio Medellin; Sergeant Daniel Methvin;
Private First Class Anthony Miller; Private First Class Stuart
Moore; Sergeant Gerardo Moreno; Private First Class Ricky Morris,
Jr.; Sergeant Keelan Moss; Specialist Joseph Norquist; Captain Eric
Paliwoda; Private First Class James Parker; Staff Sergeant Hector
Perez; Specialist Jose Perez III; Specialist Larry Polley, Jr.;
Sergeant Christopher Ramirez; Sergeant Ariel Rico; Second
Lieutenant Jonathan Rozier; Sergeant John Russell; Private First
Class Leroy Sandoval, Jr.; Specialist Christian Schulz; Private
First Class Dustin Sekula; Corporal Tomas Sotelo, Jr.; Specialist
Joseph Suell; Lance Corporal Elias Torrez III; Lance Corporal Ruben
Valdez, Jr.; Sergeant Melissa Valles; Lance Corporal Michael
Wafford; Lieutenant Nathan D. White; Specialist James Wright;
Private First Class Jason Wright; Private First Class Stephen
Wyatt; and Sergeant Henry Ybarra III; and
WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and
women whose love of country leads them to military service, yet the
deaths of these brave Texans are a sobering reminder that war is not
without great and terrible cost; it is fitting that we acknowledge
the immeasurable sacrifice rendered by these, our fellow citizens,
and that we honor, preserve, and perpetuate their memory; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay special tribute to the
Texans who have given their lives in Operation Enduring Freedom and
Operation Iraqi Freedom and that deepest sympathy be extended to
those who will forever carry them in their hearts.