H.R. No. 198







R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, The family and friends of Corporal Steven P. Gill of 

Round Rock suffered an immeasurable loss with the death of this 

courageous young Marine on July 21, 2005, at the age of 24; and

	WHEREAS, Stirred to defend his country after the events of 

September 11, he signed up for service in 2002 and learned to scuba 

dive and parachute behind enemy lines, earning the elite 

designation of Recon Marine; assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance 

Battalion, 4th Marine Division, which is based in San Antonio, he 

had been stationed in Iraq for four months when he was killed in 

action near Zaidon; and

	WHEREAS, Steve Gill was a 1999 graduate of Westwood High 

School and a member of the King of Kings Lutheran Church in Round 

Rock; he went on mission trips with the church to various locales, 

including a Native American reservation in Oklahoma, where he 

helped to repair and restore buildings; while studying to be a youth 

minister at Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois, and in 

Austin, he helped lead youth and teen groups at his church; and

	WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have young men 

and women whose love for their country inspires them to military 

service, yet the tragic death of this exemplary young man is a 

sobering reminder of the cost of war; Corporal Gill will be sorely 

missed by his family, friends, and fellow Marines, and his bravery 

and sacrifice will never be forgotten; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 

Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of 

Corporal Steven P. Gill and extend profound sympathy to the members 

of his family: to his parents, Bill and Rose Gill; to his brother, 

James; to his grandmother, Delia Camero; to his second parents, Ron 

and Sherilyn Jones; to his lifelong friend, Scott; and to his other 

relatives and many friends; and, be it further

	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 

prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of 

Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of U.S. Marine 

Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill.



                                                                          Krusee





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                                                       Speaker of the House     



	I certify that H.R. No. 198 was unanimously adopted by a 

rising vote of the House on August 16, 2005.



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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House