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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. |