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78S41577 MW-D

By:  Chavez                                                       H.R. No. 320



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The family and friends of U.S. Army Sergeant Isela 
Rubalcava of El Paso suffered an immeasurable loss with the death of 
this courageous soldier in Iraq on May 8, 2004, at the age of 25; and
	WHEREAS, Sergeant Rubalcava joined the U.S. Army in 2000 and 
became a supply technician with the Army's Stryker Brigade Combat 
team based at Fort Lewis, Washington; deployed to Iraq in November 
2003 and assigned to the C 296th Combat Support Battalion, 3rd 
Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Sergeant Rubalcava was killed when 
a mortar round exploded near her in Mosul; and
	WHEREAS, An El Paso native and 1996 Canutillo High School 
graduate, Isela Rubalcava attended The University of Texas at El 
Paso and Sul Ross State University; she is described by friends and 
relatives as a beautiful, funny, and free-spirited person who was 
filled with happiness and energy and who achieved any goal she set 
her heart on; and
	WHEREAS, Through her selfless and unfaltering devotion to 
duty, honor, and her country, this courageous Texan embodied the 
highest ideals of the armed services, and we owe a profound debt to 
Sergeant Rubalcava and her family for the enormous sacrifice they 
have paid; while she will be remembered always by her loved ones as 
a caring daughter, sister, niece, cousin, granddaughter, and 
friend, she will be remembered by her country as a hero; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of 
Sergeant Isela Rubalcava, United States Army, and extend deepest 
sympathies to her parents, Ramon and Maria Isela Rubalcava, her 
brothers, and her other relatives and many friends; and, be it 
further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of 
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of U.S. Army 
Sergeant Isela Rubalcava.