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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of United States Marine Lance |
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Corporal Javier Perales, Jr., suffered an immeasurable loss when he |
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died in Iraq on June 11, 2008, at the age of 19; and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd |
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Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Lejeune, |
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North Carolina, Lance Corporal Perales died while serving his |
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country in Al Anbar Province, Iraq; and |
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WHEREAS, Javier Perales was born on February 17, 1989, to |
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Javier and Carolina Perales; he attended Alarcon Elementary School |
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and San Elizario Middle School, and he graduated from San Elizario |
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High School, where he earned academic recognitions; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted son and brother, he was a young man of |
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strong religious faith and an active member of San Elizario |
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Catholic Church, where he served as a teacher's aide in the Sunday |
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school; and |
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WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have young men |
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and women whose love of country leads them to service in the |
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military, and time can never diminish the profound debt that |
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Americans owe to Lance Corporal Perales; 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 life of Lance Corporal Javier |
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Perales, Jr., and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his parents, Javier Perales, Sr., and Carolina Perales; |
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to his brothers, Fernando Perales and Ricardo Perales; and to his |
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other relatives and friends; 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 Javier |
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Perales, Jr. |