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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. Army Corporal Michael |
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W. Davis suffered an immeasurable loss with the death of this |
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valiant soldier on May 21, 2007, at the age of 22; and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops |
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Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, based |
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at Fort Richardson, Alaska, Corporal Davis lost his life while |
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bravely serving his country in Iraq; and |
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WHEREAS, Michael Davis graduated from San Marcos High School |
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and went on to attend Texas State University; moved to join the army |
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after the events of September 11, 2001, he trained to become a |
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combat engineer at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where his dedicated |
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service earned him the Commanding General's Award for Military |
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Excellence; and |
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WHEREAS, After earning his status as an Airborne Sapper at |
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Fort Benning, Georgia, he transferred to Alaska and was honored |
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with the Army Achievement Medal for his outstanding efforts during |
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predeployment training; highly decorated throughout his career, he |
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also earned the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Combat |
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Action Badge, and the Army Good Conduct Medal; and |
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WHEREAS, Corporal Davis was known for his light-up-a-room |
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smile and for his devotion to his wife, Taryn, whom he married in |
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December 2005; and |
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WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt to our nation's |
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servicemen and servicewomen, whose courageous efforts and enormous |
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sacrifices are deserving of their fellow citizens' deepest respect |
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and gratitude; through his unwavering dedication to duty and honor, |
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Michael Davis embodied the highest ideals of the United States |
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armed forces, and memories of his love and friendship will forever |
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be cherished by all those who held him dear; 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 Corporal |
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Michael W. Davis and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Taryn Davis; to his mother, Sonya Davis |
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Kennedy; to his father, Myron Davis; to his sisters, Natalie Davis |
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and Jessica Bell; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, |
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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 Michael W. |
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Davis. |
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Corte |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3050 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on June 1, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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