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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of U.S. Navy Petty Officer |
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Third Class Mark Russell Cannon of Lubbock suffered an immeasurable |
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loss with the death of this brave young Texan in Afghanistan on |
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October 2, 2007, at the age of 31; and |
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WHEREAS, Petty Officer Cannon served as a hospital corpsman |
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assigned to the 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III |
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Marine Expeditionary Force out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii; and |
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WHEREAS, During a firefight in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, |
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Petty Officer Cannon rushed to the aid of a wounded Marine, working |
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to treat the injured man's wounds while firing back at the enemy; he |
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saved the man's life, but lost his own; for his heroism that day, he |
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was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star; and |
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WHEREAS, Mark Cannon was born in Lubbock on November 21, |
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1975, to Tom and Becky Cannon; a 1994 graduate of Coronado High |
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School, he earned a nursing degree from South Plains College and |
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enlisted in the Navy in 2003; he served a tour of duty in Iraq in |
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2006 and volunteered to serve in Afghanistan the following year; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The State of Texas is proud to claim Mark Cannon as a |
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native son, and the courage and fortitude he demonstrated on that |
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fateful day will forever be remembered by all who were privileged to |
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know him; 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. Navy Petty |
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Officer Third Class Mark Russell Cannon and extend sincere |
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condolences to the members of his family: to his father, Tom Cannon; |
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to his grandmother, Inez Cannon; to his uncles and aunts, Bob and |
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Kathy Orf and Jack and Joyce Cannon; and to his other relatives and |
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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 Mark |
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Cannon. |
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Isett |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2345 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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