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A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Warrant 1
Officer 1 Jeffery Barnes, Sergeant Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, Chief Warrant Officer 3 2
Zachary Esparza, Sergeant Isaac John Gayo, Staff Sergeant Joshua Caleb Gore, Warrant 3
Officer 2 Aaron Healy, Staff Sergeant Taylor Mitchell, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten 4
Smith, and Sergeant David Solinas Jr. 5
WHEREAS, on March 29, 2023, nine United States Army soldiers from Fort 6
Campbell, Kentucky were involved in a fatal, midair collision while conducting a Black 7
Hawk helicopter training exercise; and 8
WHEREAS, the nine brave soldiers who perished were Warrant Officer 1 Jeffery 9
Barnes, 33, from Milton, Florida; Sergeant Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, 23, born in the 10
Philippines and enlisted out of Austin, Texas; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Esparza, 11
36, from Jackson, Missouri; Sergeant Isaac John Gayo, 27, born in the Philippines and 12
enlisted out of Los Angeles, California; Staff Sergeant Joshua Caleb Gore, 25, from 13
Morehead City, North Carolina; Warrant Officer 2 Aaron Healy, 32, from Cape Coral, 14
Florida; Staff Sergeant Taylor Mitchell, 30, from Mountain Brook, Alabama; Chief 15
Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith, 32, from Rolla, Missouri; and Sergeant David Solinas 16
Jr., 23, from Oradell, New Jersey; and 17
WHEREAS, these nine United States Army soldiers were true American patriots 18
who loved and proudly served their country; and 19
WHEREAS, 101st Commanding General Officer Major General J.P. McGee 20
remembered these fallen soldiers as "irreplaceable national treasures"; and 21
WHEREAS, Sergeant Bolanos, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Esparza, and 22
Chief Warren Officer 2 Aaron Healy were posthumously promoted; and 23
WHEREAS, these nine heroes will be mourned across the length and breadth of the 24
Commonwealth and they have left a void that cannot be filled in the hearts and minds of 25
their family and friends; and 26
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that these brave soldiers receive recognition for 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 1488
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paying the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country; 1
NOW, THEREFORE, 2
Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of 3
Kentucky: 4
Section 1. The Senate does hereby express its profound condolences and 5
sympathy upon the passing of Warrant Officer 1 Jeffery Barnes, Sergeant Emilie Marie 6
Eve Bolanos, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Esparza, Sergeant Isaac John Gayo, Staff 7
Sergeant Joshua Caleb Gore, Warrant Officer 2 Aaron Healy, Staff Sergeant Taylor 8
Mitchell, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith, and Sergeant David Solinas Jr. to their 9
family, friends, and community in this time of loss. 10
Section 2. When the Senate adjourns this day, it does so in honor and loving 11
memory of the bravery and service of Warrant Officer 1 Jeffery Barnes, Sergeant Emilie 12
Marie Eve Bolanos, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Esparza, Sergeant Isaac John Gayo, 13
Staff Sergeant Joshua Caleb Gore, Warrant Officer 2 Aaron Healy, Staff Sergeant Taylor 14
Mitchell, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith, and Sergeant David Solinas Jr. 15
Section 3. The Clerk of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of this 16
Resolution to Senator Jason Howell for delivery to the families. 17