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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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3rd Class Clayton R. Beauchamp of Weatherford suffered an |
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immeasurable loss with his death on August 7, 2012, at the age of |
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21; and |
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WHEREAS, Petty Officer Beauchamp was assigned to the 1st |
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Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division (Forward), I Marine |
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Expeditionary Force (Forward) out of Camp Pendleton; he was killed |
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while serving as a medical corpsman in the Shaban district of |
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Helmand Province in Afghanistan; and |
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WHEREAS, Clayton Ross Beauchamp was born in Weatherford on |
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January 16, 1991, to Jack and Diana Tomlin Beauchamp; a member of a |
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family with a proud history of military service, he committed to |
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joining the navy on his 17th birthday in 2008 and began his |
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enlistment after graduating from Weatherford High School the |
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following year; his older brother Christopher and his younger |
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sister, Cheyenne, are also members of the U.S. Navy; and |
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WHEREAS, In the course of his tenure, Petty Officer Beauchamp |
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earned a Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy and Marine Corps |
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Achievement Medal, and the Navy Good Conduct Medal, and he was |
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posthumously awarded the Purple Heart; and |
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WHEREAS, This valiant Texan was known for his courtesy and |
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kindness, as well as for his ready grin and quick wit; he was |
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engaged to be married and planned to one day become a paramedic |
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following his return to civilian life; and |
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WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt to our nation's men |
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and women in uniform, whose courageous sacrifices are deserving of |
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their fellow citizens' deepest respect and gratitude; through his |
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unwavering dedication to duty and honor, Clayton Beauchamp embodied |
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the highest ideals of the United States armed forces, and memories |
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of him will forever be cherished by all those who held him dear; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Petty Officer 3rd |
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Class Clayton R. Beauchamp and extend sincere sympathies to the |
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members of his family: to his parents, Jack and Diana Beauchamp; to |
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his sister, Cheyenne Beauchamp; to his brothers, Brian Beauchamp, |
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Christopher Beauchamp, and Timothy Kisor; to his grandmother, |
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Brenda Atchison; to his aunts and uncles, James and Susan Brook and |
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Danny and Debbie Hood; to his fiancee, Ashlin Judd; and to his other |
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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 Clayton |
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Beauchamp. |