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79R6497 MMS-D

By:  Harper-Brown                                                 H.R. No. 554



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Words cannot express the heartbreak felt by the 
family and friends of Lance Corporal Nazario Serrano of Irving, who 
lost his life in Iraq on January 30, 2005, at the age of 20; and
	WHEREAS, Corporal Serrano, who had served in the U.S. Marine 
Corps for about a year and a half, was a combat engineer assigned to 
Combat Service Support Battalion 1, Combat Service Support Group 
11, 1st Force Service Support Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary 
Force, based at Camp Pendleton; and
	WHEREAS, This courageous Texan volunteered for duty in Iraq 
and for the past five months had been working in demolitions and 
clearing mines; Corporal Serrano was mortally wounded by small-arms 
fire in Al Anbar Province, west of Baghdad; he has been nominated 
for the Purple Heart; and
	WHEREAS, A graduate of Irving High School, Nazario Serrano 
and his former high school sweetheart Amanda Story had become the 
parents of a fine son during Corporal Serrano's tour of duty, and he 
was looking forward to holding Landon Heath for the first time and 
becoming a family; and
	WHEREAS, Through his unfaltering devotion to duty, honor, and 
this country, Corporal Serrano embodied the highest ideals of the 
armed forces, and his valiant efforts and immeasurable sacrifice 
are deserving of honor by every American; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby pay special tribute to the life of Lance 
Corporal Nazario Serrano and extend deepest sympathy to the members 
of his family: to his parents, Jose de Jesus and Maria Guadalupe 
Serrano; to his fiancée, Amanda Story; to his son, Landon Heath 
Serrano; to his brothers, Javier, Daniel, and Jesus Serrano; to his 
grandparents, Celeste Diaz and 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 Lance 
Corporal Nazario Serrano.