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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and a host of friends are mourning the |
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untimely loss of U.S. Army Specialist Brandon A. Meyer of Canyon, |
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who died in Iraq on January 28, 2008, at the age of 20; and |
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WHEREAS, A gunner with the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry |
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Regiment, Specialist Meyer was an Airborne-trained expert marksman |
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based at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colorado; he was mortally |
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wounded while riding in a convoy near his station in Mosul; and |
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WHEREAS, This courageous young man was born on February 3, |
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1987, in Beatrice, Nebraska; he spent his childhood in St. Louis, |
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Missouri, and in 2001 moved to Canyon, where he attended high |
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school; after graduating in 2005, he studied biology at Concordia |
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University in California before enlisting in January 2007, out of a |
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desire to defend his country; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his unfaltering devotion to duty, honor, and |
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this country, Specialist Meyer embodied the highest ideals of the |
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United States armed forces, and the blessing of his life will be |
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forever cherished by those who were privileged to share in his love |
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and affection; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Specialist Brandon |
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A. Meyer and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his parents, Terry and Genia Meyer; to his sister, Desiree Meyer; |
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and to all those who mourn 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 Specialist |
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Brandon A. Meyer. |
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Alvarado |
Gonzales |
Miller of Comal |
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Anchia |
Gonzalez Toureilles |
Miller of Erath |
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Aycock |
Gutierrez |
Morrison |
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Branch |
Harper-Brown |
Ortiz, Jr. |
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Brown of Kaufman |
Hartnett |
Otto |
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Brown of Brazos |
Heflin |
Parker |
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Callegari |
Hilderbran |
Pena |
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Cohen |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Quintanilla |
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Coleman |
Howard of Travis |
Raymond |
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Craddick |
Jackson |
Rodriguez |
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Crownover |
Keffer |
Sheffield |
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Davis of Harris |
King of Parker |
Smith of Tarrant |
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Davis of Dallas |
King of Taylor |
Smith of Harris |
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Deshotel |
King of Zavala |
Smithee |
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Driver |
Kleinschmidt |
Solomons |
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Eiland |
Leibowitz |
Thompson |
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Elkins |
Lucio III |
Turner of Tarrant |
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England |
Madden |
Turner of Harris |
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Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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Farrar |
Marquez |
Villarreal |
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Flores |
Martinez Fischer |
Walle |
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Gallego |
McReynolds |
Zerwas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 576 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on February 24, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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