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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 495
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the lives of the men and women who died during |
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Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom while |
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serving with United States Army units based at Fort Bliss; and |
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WHEREAS, On March 23, 2003, personnel with the 507th Army |
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Ordnance Maintenance Company stopped to repair stalled vehicles |
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and were separated from a supply convoy in Nasiriyah when they |
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were ambushed by Iraqi forces; and |
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WHEREAS, Losing their lives that fateful day were |
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Specialist Jamaal R. Addison, age 22; Chief Warrant Officer |
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Johnny Villareal Mata, age 35; Master Sergeant Robert J. Dowdy, |
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age 38; Private Brandon U. Sloan, age 19; Private First Class |
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Howard Johnson II, age 21; Private Ruben Estrella-Soto, age 18; |
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Sergeant Donald Ralph Walters, age 33; Specialist James M. Kiehl, |
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age 22; and Specialist Lori Piestewa, age 23; and |
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WHEREAS, Captain Gussie M. Jones, a surgical nurse with the |
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31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, died at the hospital on |
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March 7, 2004, at the age of 41; Specialist Tomas Garces died |
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September 6, 2004, at the age of 19 when his convoy was attacked |
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south of Baghdad; Sergeant Brent W. Dunkleberger was killed at |
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the age of 29 on December 12, 2006, in Mosul while on a security |
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mission; and |
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WHEREAS, Four soldiers were killed on January 15, 2007, |
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during combat operations in Mosul; they were Second Lieutenant |
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Mark J. Daily, age 23; Sergeant Ian C. Anderson, age 22; Sergeant |
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John E. Cooper, age 29; and Specialist Matthew T. Grimm, age 21; and |
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WHEREAS, Sergeant First Class Russell P. Borea was killed |
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at the age of 38 on January 19, 2007, during combat operations in |
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Mosul; Specialist Nicholas P. Brown died at the age of 24 on |
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January 22, 2007, when his vehicle was struck by an explosive |
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device in Mosul; Sergeant Robert B. Thrasher died on February 11, 2007, |
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at the age of 23 while on combat patrol in Baghdad; Private First Class |
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Spence A. McNeil died at the age of 19 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, |
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on March 8, 2003, following injuries sustained in a vehicle |
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accident; and |
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WHEREAS, The men and women who died during Operations Iraqi |
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Freedom and Enduring Freedom were courageous patriots and true |
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American heroes, and this state and nation are eternally grateful |
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for their loyal and honorable service; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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80th Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the lives of the brave |
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men and women from Fort Bliss who died while serving their |
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country faithfully and courageously in Operation Iraqi Freedom |
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and Operation Enduring Freedom; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an |
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expression of highest regard from the Texas Senate. |
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Shapleigh |
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Jackson |
Van de Putte |
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Patrick |
Zaffirini |
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Dewhurst, President of the Senate |
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________________________________ |
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________________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 21, 2007, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |