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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot express the heartache felt at the loss |
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of U.S. Army Specialist Mitchel Thomas Mutz of Falls City, who died |
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in Iraq on November 15, 2006, at the age of 23; and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry |
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Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort |
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Hood, Specialist Mutz was on his second tour of duty in Iraq when he |
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was mortally wounded in Baquba; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in San Antonio, Specialist Mutz graduated in |
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2001 from Falls City High School, where he was a member of the |
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basketball and golf teams; he attended Coastal Bend College for two |
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years before making the decision to serve his country in February |
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2003; six months later, he began specialized training to become a |
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cavalry scout; and |
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WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have young men |
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and women whose love of country leads them to military duty, and |
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time can never diminish the profound debt that Americans owe to |
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Mitchel Mutz for the service he undertook and the sacrifice he |
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rendered; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of U.S. Army Specialist |
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Mitchel Thomas Mutz and extend sincere sympathy to the members of |
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his family: to his parents, Bobby and Dixie Mutz; to his brother, |
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Nathan Mutz, and his wife, Shawna; to his grandmother, Elizabeth |
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Mutz; to his grandparents, Roy and Mary Louise Pullin; and to his |
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other relatives and many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of U.S. Army |
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Specialist Mitchel Thomas Mutz. |
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Gonzalez Toureilles |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 249 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 8, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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