| H.R. No. 2199 | ||
|
|
||
| WHEREAS, The family and friends of United States Marine Lance | ||
| Corporal Javier Perales, Jr., suffered an immeasurable loss when he | ||
| died in Iraq on June 11, 2008, at the age of 19; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd | ||
| Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Lejeune, | ||
| North Carolina, Lance Corporal Perales died while serving his | ||
| country in Al Anbar Province, Iraq; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Javier Perales was born on February 17, 1989, to | ||
| Javier and Carolina Perales; he attended Alarcon Elementary School | ||
| and San Elizario Middle School, and he graduated from San Elizario | ||
| High School, where he earned academic recognitions; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A devoted son and brother, he was a young man of | ||
| strong religious faith and an active member of San Elizario | ||
| Catholic Church, where he served as a teacher's aide in the Sunday | ||
| school; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have young men | ||
| and women whose love of country leads them to service in the | ||
| military, and time can never diminish the profound debt that | ||
| Americans owe to Lance Corporal Perales; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Lance Corporal Javier | ||
| Perales, Jr., and extend sincere condolences to the members of his | ||
| family: to his parents, Javier Perales, Sr., and Carolina Perales; | ||
| to his brothers, Fernando Perales and Ricardo Perales; and to his | ||
| other relatives and friends; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Javier | ||
| Perales, Jr. | ||
| Quintanilla | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2199 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 25, 2009. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||