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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot express the sorrow felt at the loss of |
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Lance Corporal Ryan Adam Miller of Pearland, who died in Iraq on |
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September 14, 2006, at the age of 19; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Houston on October 9, 1986, Corporal Miller |
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attended Pearland High School but completed his secondary education |
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through instruction at home; a proud, third-generation Marine, he |
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enlisted in the corps shortly after his 18th birthday and graduated |
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from boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on May |
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13, 2005; seven months later he was promoted to the rank of lance |
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corporal; and |
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WHEREAS, This courageous young man served with the 3rd |
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Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine |
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Expeditionary Force; he deployed to Iraq in March 2006, and during |
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his tour of duty there he earned the deep admiration and respect of |
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his fellow Marines; Corporal Miller was mortally wounded while |
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patrolling in Barwana, in Al Anbar province; and |
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WHEREAS, Raised in a loving family, Ryan Miller grew to be a |
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young man toward whom people were naturally drawn, attracted by his |
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unfailing kindness and warmth and his ready sense of humor; an |
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ardent fan of the Houston Astros, he played baseball with the Dad's |
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Club when he was a boy; and |
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WHEREAS, Corporal Miller was a man of strong faith and a |
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member of Fellowship Bible Church; he planned, after leaving the |
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military, to join the Houston Police Department, where both his |
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parents had built distinguished careers; and |
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WHEREAS, For his selfless efforts and immeasurable |
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sacrifice, Americans owe to Ryan Miller a debt that the passage of |
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time can never diminish, and those who loved him will forever carry |
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him close in their hearts; 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 Lance Corporal Ryan |
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Adam Miller and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his |
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family: to his parents, Frank Miller and Jeannine Maughmer-Miller; |
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to his sister, Meghan Miller; to his brother, Brandon Miller, and |
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his wife, Leasha; to his grandmother, Betty Maughmer; to his aunts |
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and uncles, Lyn Swan, Joan and Raymond Goodnight, Michelle and |
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Dexter McKey, Denise Daniels, and Cheryl and Lynn Maughmer; and to |
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his many other relatives and 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 Lance |
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Corporal Ryan Adam Miller. |