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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot begin to express the heartache caused |
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by the loss of U.S. Army Corporal Jose A. Rubio Hernandez of |
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Mission, who died in Iraq on March 24, 2008, at the age of 24; and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, |
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4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and based at Fort |
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Stewart, Georgia, Corporal Rubio deployed to Iraq in October 2007; |
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he was mortally wounded when his vehicle was hit by a makeshift bomb |
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in Baghdad; and |
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WHEREAS, This outstanding young Texan was born on March 19, |
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1984, in Reynosa, Mexico, the youngest of nine brothers and |
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sisters; he moved to the United States with his family when he was |
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four and grew up in Mission, where he graduated from a charter high |
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school; deeply grateful for the opportunity his family had found in |
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the U.S., he wanted to enlist in the army as a way of giving |
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something back; and |
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WHEREAS, To improve his chances for advancement in the |
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military, which he joined in early 2006, Joe Rubio first earned an |
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associate's degree in 2005 at South Texas College, where he pursued |
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his passion for computer technology; he hoped to become a computer |
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programmer after completing his service in the army and had his |
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sights set on one day earning a doctorate; and |
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WHEREAS, Joe Rubio married Jennifer Guerra, his high school |
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sweetheart, in May 2006, after completing basic training, and their |
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son, Nikolai Cyrus, was born just a few months before Corporal Rubio |
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deployed overseas; and |
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WHEREAS, In appreciation for Joe Rubio's courageous efforts |
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in behalf of his adopted country, the City of Mission has renamed |
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the street on which he grew up as Corporal Jose A. Rubio Street; Joe |
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Rubio has also been posthumously granted American citizenship, |
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something he had hoped to attain and for which he had already |
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completed his application; and |
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WHEREAS, Talented and hardworking, Corporal Jose Rubio |
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aspired to make his mark in the world: "he wanted," his wife said, |
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"to be known for something"; with his passing, this nation has lost |
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an exemplary patriot and a man who had much yet to accomplish, and |
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his service and sacrifice are deserving of honor by every American; |
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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 Corporal Jose A. Rubio |
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Hernandez and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Jennifer; to his son, Nikolai Cyrus; to his mother, |
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Macaria; to his brothers and sisters; 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 Corporal |
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Jose A. Rubio Hernandez. |