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2018 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 129
BY SENATOR PERRY
CONDOLENCES. To express the condolences of the Senate of the Louisiana Legislature
on the death of U.S. Army Sergeant Brock Rollins.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana to the
3 family of U.S. Army Sergeant Brock Rollins upon his death while serving his
4 country as a member of its armed forces.
5 WHEREAS, Brock Rollins was a native of Morgan City, born on July 2, 1990, as the
6 son of John and Jackie Dykes, and attending Berwick schools until 2008, when he graduated
7 cum laude from Berwick High School; and
8 WHEREAS, he was an outstanding athlete in high school track and field events, and
9 he also loved playing percussion in the school band, as well as being a member of the
10 Berwick Dixie Youth Baseball League; and
11 WHEREAS, Brock was a patriot in every sense of the word and after high school he
12 began to consider joining his country's military, and on September 1, 2010, he enlisted in the
13 U.S. Army, convinced he could serve his country best in its Armed Forces; and
14 WHEREAS, Brock chose the U.S. Army Infantry as his primary job specialty and
15 graduated basic combat training and Airborne School at the legendary Infantry School at
16 Fort Benning where parachutists have trained and earned their Silver Parachutist Badge since
17 the Second World War; and
18 WHEREAS, Sgt. Rollins was then stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with the
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1 the historical and elite 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th
2 Brigade, 2nd Battalion, HHC Mortar Platoon; and
3 WHEREAS, Sgt. Rollins soon was assigned to the 1-325 Airborne Infantry
4 Regiment, 1st Battalion, HHC Mortar Platoon, with orders for overseas duty and would
5 serve two combat tours in Afghanistan; and
6 WHEREAS, Sgt. Rollins would be decorated for his brave service during those two
7 combat tours with awards of the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the
8 Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman
9 Badge, and the Parachutist Badge; and
10 WHEREAS, Sgt. Rollins served two dangerous combat tours overseas and returned
11 home safely to his family and his fiancee, Aimee Bergeron, but on March 10, 2018, in
12 Fayetteville, North Carolina, while still a part of the "All American" 82nd Airborne Infantry
13 Division, he died suddenly and unexpectedly; and
14 WHEREAS, the shock and grief of Sgt. Rollins' family and friends was so great that
15 disbelief was the only feeling that most could summon upon learning of his tragic,
16 unexpected, and untimely death; and
17 WHEREAS, Sgt. Rollins was given a burial with full military honors, rendered by
18 the U.S. Army Honor Guard, and so many family, friends, and fellow soldiers came to pay
19 their final respects that the ceremony had to be held in the Morgan City Municipal
20 Auditorium.
21 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
22 does hereby extend its deepest and most profound condolences to the family and the fiancee
23 of U.S. Army Sergeant Brock Rollins for their immeasurable loss and wish to recognize him
24 for his service and for the great sacrifices he made on behalf of his country.
25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to his
26 parents John and Jackie Dykes and his fiancee Aimee Bergeron.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Heyward Jeffers.
DIGEST
SR 129 Original 2018 Regular Session Perry
Expresses condolences upon the death of U.S. Army Sgt. Brock Rollins.
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