SLS 15RS-704 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 49
BY SENATOR ADLEY
CONDOLENCES. Expresses condolences of the Louisiana Senate upon the death of
Louisiana Army National Guard Sergeant Michael Shane Soignier.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana to the
3 family of Louisiana Army National Guard Sergeant Michael Shane Soignier upon
4 his death.
5 WHEREAS, Michael Shane Soignier was a thirty-one-year-old native of West
6 Monroe, Louisiana, who resided in Dubach, Louisiana; and
7 WHEREAS, he was a heavy equipment operator for the 844th Engineer Company
8 and deployed with that unit to Iraq in 2010, where he served with courage and dedication;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, Sergeant Soignier had a strong faith in God, gained when he attended
11 St. Paschal's Catholic School and graduated from Ruston High School in 2001; and
12 WHEREAS, he had a youthful passion for chasing cattle and driving tractors around
13 his Paw and Maw's farm until his untimely death on February 15, 2015.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
15 does hereby extend its most sincere and profound condolences to the family of Louisiana
16 Army National Guard Sergeant Michael Shane Soignier for their immeasurable loss and for
17 his brave service in the global war on terrorism.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
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1 family of Sergeant Michael Shane Soignier.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Heyward Jeffers.
DIGEST
SR 49 Original 2015 Regular Session Adley
Expresses condolences upon the death of LANG Sergeant Michael Shane Soignier.
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