H.R. No. 2052

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The city of Katy lost five beloved young men who died
	in service to their country: U.S. Army Master Sergeant James Curtis
	Coons, U.S. Army Captain James Alexander Funkhouser, Jr., U.S.
	Marine Corporal Benjamin Salgado Rosales, U.S. Army First
	Lieutenant Jonathan D. Rozier, and U.S. Marine Sergeant James
	Rodney Tijerina; and
	WHEREAS, Master Sergeant James Coons, assigned to the 385th
	Signal Company, 54th Signal Battalion, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, had
	returned stateside when he died on July 4, 2003, at the age of 35; a
	16-year veteran, he completed two tours in Okinawa, Japan, before
	serving as a director of information management during the wars in
	Afghanistan and Iraq; and
	WHEREAS, Captain Alex Funkhouser, Jr., sustained mortal
	injuries on May 29, 2006, at the age of 35, when an improvised
	explosive device detonated near his vehicle during reconnaissance
	patrol operations in Baghdad; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th
	Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division based at Fort
	Hood, he served as a headquarters company commander and as part of a
	team that trained Iraqi soldiers; and
	WHEREAS, Corporal Benjamin Rosales was assigned to the 2nd
	Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II
	Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina;
	he was killed on October 4, 2006, at the age of 20, while conducting
	combat operations in Al Anbar Province; and
	WHEREAS, First Lieutenant Jonathan Rozier was assigned to B
	Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st
	Armored Division, based at Fort Riley, Kansas; he was killed on July
	19, 2003, at the age of 25, when his unit was fired upon while
	providing security at a municipal building in Baghdad; and
	WHEREAS, Sergeant James Tijerina was killed on February 7,
	2007, at the age of 26, when his helicopter was shot down by hostile
	fire in Al Anbar Province; assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter
	Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I
	Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton, California, he
	served as a crew chief on a CH-46E Sea Knight medical evacuation
	helicopter and was on his second tour of duty; and
	WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and
	women whose love for their country inspires them to military
	service, yet the tragic deaths of these exemplary soldiers are a
	sobering reminder of the cost of war; James Coons, Alex Funkhouser,
	Benjamin Rosales, Jonathan Rozier, and James Tijerina all embodied
	the highest ideals of the armed services, and their bravery and
	sacrifice will never be forgotten; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the lives of U.S. Army Master
	Sergeant James Curtis Coons, U.S. Army Captain James Alexander
	Funkhouser, Jr., U.S. Marine Corporal Benjamin Salgado Rosales,
	U.S. Army First Lieutenant Jonathan D. Rozier, and U.S. Marine
	Sergeant James Rodney Tijerina and extend sincere sympathy to all
	their loved ones; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for their families and that when the Texas House of
	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of U.S. Army
	Master Sergeant James Curtis Coons, U.S. Army Captain James
	Alexander Funkhouser, Jr., U.S. Marine Corporal Benjamin Salgado
	Rosales, U.S. Army First Lieutenant Jonathan D. Rozier, and U.S.
	Marine Sergeant James Rodney Tijerina.
	Callegari
	Craddick Gattis Miles
	Allen Geren Miller
	Alonzo Giddings Moreno
	Anchia Gonzales Morrison
	Anderson Gonzalez Toureilles Mowery
	Aycock Goolsby Murphy
	Bailey Guillen Naishtat
	Berman Haggerty Noriega
	Bohac Hamilton O'Day
	Bolton Hancock Oliveira
	Bonnen Hardcastle Olivo
	Branch Harless Orr
	Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Brazos Hartnett Otto
	Burnam Heflin Parker
	Callegari Hernandez Patrick
	Castro Herrero Paxton
	Chavez Hilderbran Pena
	Chisum Hill Phillips
	Christian Hochberg Pickett
	Cohen Hodge Pierson
	Coleman Homer Pitts
	Cook of Navarro Hopson Puente
	Cook of Colorado Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
	Corte Howard of Travis Raymond
	Crabb Hughes Riddle
	Creighton Isett Ritter
	Crownover Jackson Rodriguez
	Darby Jones Rose
	Davis of Harris Keffer Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Dallas King of Parker Smith of Harris
	Delisi King of Taylor Smithee
	Deshotel King of Zavala Solomons
	Driver Kolkhorst Strama
	Dukes Krusee Straus
	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
	Dutton Latham Talton
	Eiland Laubenberg Taylor
	Eissler Leibowitz Thompson
	Elkins Lucio III Truitt
	England Macias Turner
	Escobar Madden Van Arsdale
	Farabee Mallory Caraway Vaught
	Farias Martinez Veasey
	Farrar Martinez Fischer Villarreal
	Flores McCall Vo
	Flynn McClendon West
	Frost McReynolds Woolley
	Gallego Menendez Zedler
	Garcia Merritt Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 2052 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on May 25, 2007.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House