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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of U.S. Marine Sergeant Juan |
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Calderon, Jr., of Weslaco suffered an immeasurable loss with the |
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death of this valiant soldier on August 2, 2004, at the age of 26; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, |
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1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp |
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Pendleton, California, Sergeant Calderon lost his life while |
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bravely serving his country in Al Anbar Province, Iraq; and |
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WHEREAS, Sergeant Calderon joined the Marines shortly after |
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graduating from Weslaco High School in 1997; he completed tours of |
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duty in Bosnia and Japan before being deployed to Iraq in 2004; and |
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WHEREAS, Along with his wife, Ana, he was eagerly awaiting |
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the birth of his first child, with whom he looked forward to sharing |
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his love of the Dallas Cowboys; his son, Juan Andres, was born one |
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month after his death; and |
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WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt to our nation's |
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servicemen and servicewomen, whose courageous efforts and enormous |
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sacrifices are deserving of their fellow citizens' deepest respect |
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and gratitude; through his unwavering dedication to duty and honor, |
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Juan Calderon, Jr., embodied the highest ideals of the United |
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States Marine Corps, and memories of his love and friendship will |
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forever be cherished by all those who held him dear; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the memory of U.S. Marine Sergeant Juan |
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Calderon, Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to all those who mourn |
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his passing; 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 Sergeant |
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Juan Calderon, Jr. |
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Flores |
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Martinez |
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Pena |
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Gonzales |
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Gonzalez Toureilles |
Mowery |
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| Brown of Kaufman |
Harper-Brown |
Ortiz, Jr. |
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| Brown of Brazos |
Hartnett |
Otto |
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| Callegari |
Hernandez |
Patrick |
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| Christian |
Hochberg |
Pickett |
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| Cook of Navarro |
Hopson |
Puente |
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| Cook of Colorado |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Quintanilla |
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| Corte |
Howard of Travis |
Raymond |
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| Crownover |
Jackson |
Rodriguez |
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| Davis of Harris |
Keffer |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| Davis of Dallas |
King of Parker |
Smith of Harris |
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| Delisi |
King of Taylor |
Smithee |
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| Deshotel |
King of Zavala |
Solomons |
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| Eissler |
Leibowitz |
Thompson |
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| Escobar |
Madden |
Van Arsdale |
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| Farabee |
Mallory Caraway |
Vaught |
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| Farrar |
Martinez Fischer |
Villarreal |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 680 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 6, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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