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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Americans owe an immeasurable debt to their military |
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personnel, whose brave and steadfast efforts have long secured this |
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nation's freedom, and it is with profound gratitude and sorrow that |
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we remember the life of U.S. Army Sergeant Anselmo Martinez III, who |
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died in action on May 18, 2007, at the age of 26; and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry |
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Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Sergeant |
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Martinez served as a gunner in Tahrir, Iraq; he suffered fatal |
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wounds when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive |
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device; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Anselmo and Diana Martinez of Robstown, |
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"BJ" Martinez attended Robstown High School, where he was known for |
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his kindness, his humor, and his love of fishing; after his |
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graduation in 1998, he worked at a local fast food restaurant and |
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for a car rental office at the Corpus Christi airport; he married |
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the former Christina Hernandez and the couple later became the |
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proud parents of two cherished daughters, Felicity and Eliana; and |
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WHEREAS, Sergeant Martinez enlisted in the army after |
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September 11 to serve his country and begin a career that would |
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allow him to be a good provider for his family; during his first |
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posting to Fort Benning, Georgia, he attended Airborne School; |
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following his reenlistment in November 2004, he was stationed at |
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Fort Hood, where he attended the Primary Leader Development Course; |
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he subsequently was posted to the Joint Readiness Training Center |
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at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and was deployed to Iraq in October 2006; a |
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skilled and dedicated soldier, he earned numerous awards and |
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decorations, among them the Army Achievement Medal, the Bronze |
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Star, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge; and |
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WHEREAS, Anselmo Martinez was a devoted husband and father |
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and an exemplary soldier, and his fellow Texans mourn the loss of a |
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hero who made the ultimate sacrifice in behalf of his country; now, |
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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 Sergeant Anselmo |
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Martinez III and extend sincere sympathy to his many loved ones; |
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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 Sergeant |
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Anselmo Martinez III. |
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Herrero |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2264 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 21, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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