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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the loss of U.S. Army |
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Private First Class Ron J. Joshua, Jr., who died in Iraq on July 17, |
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2007, at the age of 19; and |
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WHEREAS, A member of the 401st Military Police Company, 92nd |
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Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade in Baghdad, |
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Private Joshua was killed when an improvised explosive device |
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detonated near his vehicle; and |
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WHEREAS, He was born in Germany to a military family; his |
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father, Ron Joshua, Sr., is a master sergeant who has also served in |
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Iraq and his mother, Ursula Joshua, is also an Army veteran; Ron |
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Joshua, Jr., played football at Hendrickson High School in |
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Pflugerville, where he graduated in 2006; shortly thereafter, this |
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brave young man answered his nation's call to duty and enlisted; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Ron Joshua was always a quiet, polite, and |
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respectful young man, he had a delightful sense of humor, a love of |
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adventure and a good challenge, and a smile that brightened the day |
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of all he encountered; and |
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WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and |
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women whose love for their country inspires them to take up military |
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service, yet the tragic death of this dedicated young soldier is a |
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sobering reminder of the cost of war; Private Joshua embodied the |
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highest ideals of the U.S. armed forces, and those who loved him |
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will forever carry him close in their 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 U.S. Army Private |
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First Class Ron J. Joshua, Jr., and extend sincere condolences to |
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his family: to his father, Master Sergeant Ron L. Joshua, Sr.; to |
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his mother, Ursula A. Joshua; to his stepmother, Rachel Joshua; to |
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his sisters, Brittany Joshua and Krashona Broden; to his |
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grandparents, Brenda and John Lawson and Katherine Drew, and his |
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step-grandparents, Randy and Denise Seifferlein; and to his many |
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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 Private |
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First Class Ron Joshua. |