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First Extraordinary Session, 2011 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 20
BY SENATORS WILLARD-LEWIS, ADLEY, ALARIO, AMEDEE, APPEL, BROOME,
CHABERT, CHAISSON, CHEEK, CLAITOR, CROWE, DONAHUE,
DORSEY, ERDEY, GAUTREAUX, GUILLORY, HEITMEIER,
JACKSON, KOSTELKA, LAFLEUR, LONG, MARIONNEAUX,
MARTINY, MCPHERSON, MI CHOT, MILLS, MORRELL,
MORRISH, MOUNT, MURRAY, NEVERS, PERRY, PETERSON,
QUINN, RISER, SHAW, SMITH, THOMPSON AND WALSWORTH
A RESOLUTION
To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the
death of United States Army Staff Sergeant Quadi S. Hudgins.
WHEREAS, it is with great sadness that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
has learned of the death of Staff Sergeant Quadi S. Hudgins, age 26, on April 2, 2011, while
serving in his second tour of duty in Iraq, having previously served there from October 2005
to September 2006; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Hudgins moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, from Pensacola,
Florida, after the second grade, when his father, then in the United States Army, was
transferred; Sergeant Hudgins then graduated from Sarah T. Reed High School in 2003; and
WHEREAS, he enlisted in the United States Army in June 2003, and was trained to
repair radio and communications equipment; and
WHEREAS, he was assigned to the 3
rd
Armored Cavalry Regiment from Fort Hood,
Texas, which is based at Contingency Operating Site Kalsu in Iskandariya, about twenty
miles south of Baghdad; and
WHEREAS, he had joined the 3
rd
ACR in June 2010, and four months later was
deployed to Iraq with the mission of helping train Iraqi police and military forces; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Hudgins was assigned to the Regimental Support Battalion,
which provides logistical support to the troopers; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Hudgins' awards and commendations included two Army
Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, a Meritorious Unit Commendation,
two Army Good Conduct Medals, a National Defense Service Medal, a Korean Defense SR NO. 20 ENROLLED
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Service Medal and an Iraqi Campaign Medal, while also receiving an Air Assault Badge for
completing the Army's Air Assault School; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Hudgins had a penchant for boxing and engaged in
competitive boxing; and
WHEREAS, on Saturday, April 2, 2011, Sergeant Hudgins, along with fellow
warrior, Sergeant Christian Garcia of Goodyear, Arizona, died when enemy forces attacked
their position with indirect fire in Babil, a province between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers
south of Baghdad.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby extend its deepest and most profound condolences to the family of Louisiana,
Army Staff Sergeant Quadi S. Hudgins for their immeasurable loss and his great sacrifice
as he faithfully served his community, state, and nation, and will be forever remembered by
those who knew and loved him as a true American hero.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
family of Staff Sergeant Quadi S. Hudgins.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE