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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot convey the heartache felt at the loss |
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of U.S. Army Sergeant Jaime Gonzalez, Jr., of Austin, who died in |
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Afghanistan on August 3, 2008, at the age of 40; and |
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WHEREAS, A member of the 436th Chemical Company of the Texas |
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Army National Guard out of Laredo, Sergeant Gonzalez was killed in |
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Kabul, Afghanistan, when his vehicle was struck by an improvised |
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explosive device; and |
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WHEREAS, Jaime Gonzalez, Jr., was born in El Paso; answering |
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his nation's call to duty, he joined the U.S. Navy in 1989 and |
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served for six years, and then joined the Navy Reserves; he joined |
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the National Guard in 2006 as a private and was promoted to |
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specialist; called to active duty the following year, he trained at |
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Fort Bragg before deploying to Camp Eggers in Afghanistan; he was |
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promoted to the rank of sergeant posthumously; and |
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WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt of gratitude to our |
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nation's servicemen and servicewomen, whose courageous efforts and |
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enormous sacrifices are deserving of their fellow citizens' deepest |
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respect and gratitude, and although the passing of Sergeant |
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Gonzalez leaves a void in the lives of his loved ones, they will |
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forever carry their memories of this heroic Texan close in their |
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hearts; 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 Sergeant Jaime |
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Gonzalez, Jr., and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Erica Gonzalez; to his parents, Jaime |
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Gonzalez, Sr., and Maria M. Gonzalez; to his son, Jaime Ricardo |
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Gonzalez III; to his daughter, Samantha Elizabeth Gonzalez; to his |
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stepsons, Jacob Villarreal, Christopher Villarreal, and Robert |
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Garcia; to his stepdaughter, Missy Villarreal; to his brothers, |
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Robert Gonzalez and Demetrio Gonzalez; to his sisters, Belen |
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Gonzalez, Cynthia Ann Aleman, and Flower "Flor" Providence; and to |
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his 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 Jaime |
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Gonzalez, Jr. |
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Corte |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2295 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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