79R7074 JNC-D

By:  Seaman                                                       H.R. No. 962



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The family and friends of U.S. Marine Reserves 
Corporal Zachary Alan Kolda of Corpus Christi and Austin are 
mourning the tragic death of this beloved young man who was killed 
in Iraq on December 1, 2004, at the age of 23; and
	WHEREAS, A member of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd 
Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Corporal Kolda died as a 
result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province; and
	WHEREAS, Corporal Kolda was a 2000 graduate of Richard King 
High School in Corpus Christi who majored in international business 
at The University of Texas at Austin before his deployment; he 
appreciated and enjoyed other cultures and spent a year of his high 
school education studying in Germany; and
	WHEREAS, Notwithstanding the dangers that he faced and the 
intensity of war that only those engaged in it can fully know, this 
brave Texan remained courageously steadfast in his commitment to 
his mission and to his fellow soldiers; and
	WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and 
women whose love for their country inspires them to volunteer for 
military service, yet the tragic death of this exemplary young man 
is a sobering reminder of the cost of war; Zachary Kolda embodied 
the highest ideals of the U.S. Armed Forces, and those who knew and 
cherished him will forever carry him close in their hearts; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby pay special tribute to the life of Zachary Alan 
Kolda and extend profound sympathy to his family:  to his beloved 
wife, Arleen Rene Kolda; to his parents, Patrick Kolda and Paula 
Smith Kolda; to his brother, Ian Kolda; to his surviving 
grandparents, Frank and Martha Kolda; and to his extended Smith, 
Kolda, and Canales families and many friends; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the members of his family and that when the Texas House 
of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of U.S. 
Marine Reserves Corporal Zachary Alan Kolda.