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                                                                  H.R. No. 363


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The family and friends of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Nazario Serrano of Irving suffered an immeasurable loss with the death of this beloved young man on January 30, 2005, at the age of 20; and WHEREAS, After joining the Marines in 2003, Corporal Serrano was assigned to the Combat Service Support Battalion 1, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, California; he volunteered for duty in Iraq five months ago, and was killed in combat in Al Anbar Province; and WHEREAS, This brave and valiant Texan was born on January 9, 1985, in Dallas, and graduated from Irving High School in 2003; a car and motorcycle enthusiast, he worked at a local barber shop before heroically committing to serve his country; for his ultimate sacrifice in Iraq, he was recommended to posthumously receive the Purple Heart; and WHEREAS, Nazario Serrano's energetic and optimistic personality endeared him to his family and friends, and his bravery inspired a community; through his unwavering dedication to duty and honor, Nazario Serrano embodied the highest ideals of the armed services, and the memory of his love and friendship will always be treasured by those who were privileged to know him; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby pay special tribute to the life of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Nazario Serrano and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his parents, Jose de Jesus Serrano and Maria Arrellano; to his son, Landon Heath Serrano; to his fiancée, Amanda Story; to his brothers, Javier, Jesus, and Daniel Serrano; to his grandmother, Seleste Diaz Serrano; to his grandfather, Bonifacio Arrellano; 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 Lance Corporal Nazario Serrano. Anchia Craddick Geren Menendez Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso Anderson Goolsby Morrison Bailey Griggs Mowery Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat Berman Guillen Nixon Blake Haggerty Noriega Bohac Hamilton Oliveira Bonnen Hamric Olivo Branch Hardcastle Orr Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton Burnam Hegar Pena Callegari Herrero Phillips Campbell Hilderbran Pickett Casteel Hill Pitts Castro Hochberg Puente Chavez Hodge Quintanilla Chisum Homer Raymond Coleman Hope Reyna Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter Corte Hughes Rodriguez Crabb Hunter Rose Crownover Hupp Seaman Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis Denny Keel Solomons Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus Dukes King of Parker Swinford Dunnam King of Zavala Talton Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor Edwards Krusee Thompson Eiland Kuempel Truitt Eissler Laney Turner Elkins Laubenberg Uresti Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale Farabee Luna Veasey Farrar Madden Villarreal Flores Martinez Vo Flynn Martinez Fischer West Frost McCall Wong Gallego McClendon Woolley Gattis McReynolds Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 363 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on February 24, 2005. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House