| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2264 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Americans owe an immeasurable debt to their military |
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| 6 | 6 | | personnel, whose brave and steadfast efforts have long secured this |
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| 7 | 7 | | nation's freedom, and it is with profound gratitude and sorrow that |
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| 8 | 8 | | we remember the life of U.S. Army Sergeant Anselmo Martinez III, who |
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| 9 | 9 | | died in action on May 18, 2007, at the age of 26; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry |
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| 11 | 11 | | Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Sergeant |
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| 12 | 12 | | Martinez served as a gunner in Tahrir, Iraq; he suffered fatal |
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| 13 | 13 | | wounds when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive |
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| 14 | 14 | | device; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, The son of Anselmo and Diana Martinez of Robstown, |
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| 16 | 16 | | "BJ" Martinez attended Robstown High School, where he was known for |
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| 17 | 17 | | his kindness, his humor, and his love of fishing; after his |
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| 18 | 18 | | graduation in 1998, he worked at a local fast food restaurant and |
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| 19 | 19 | | for a car rental office at the Corpus Christi airport; he married |
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| 20 | 20 | | the former Christina Hernandez and the couple later became the |
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| 21 | 21 | | proud parents of two cherished daughters, Felicity and Eliana; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Sergeant Martinez enlisted in the army after |
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| 23 | 23 | | September 11 to serve his country and begin a career that would |
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| 24 | 24 | | allow him to be a good provider for his family; during his first |
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| 25 | 25 | | posting to Fort Benning, Georgia, he attended Airborne School; |
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| 26 | 26 | | following his reenlistment in November 2004, he was stationed at |
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| 27 | 27 | | Fort Hood, where he attended the Primary Leader Development Course; |
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| 28 | 28 | | he subsequently was posted to the Joint Readiness Training Center |
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| 29 | 29 | | at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and was deployed to Iraq in October 2006; a |
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| 30 | 30 | | skilled and dedicated soldier, he earned numerous awards and |
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| 31 | 31 | | decorations, among them the Army Achievement Medal, the Bronze |
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| 32 | 32 | | Star, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Anselmo Martinez was a devoted husband and father |
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| 34 | 34 | | and an exemplary soldier, and his fellow Texans mourn the loss of a |
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| 35 | 35 | | hero who made the ultimate sacrifice in behalf of his country; now, |
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| 36 | 36 | | therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Sergeant Anselmo |
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| 39 | 39 | | Martinez III and extend sincere sympathy to his many loved ones; |
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| 40 | 40 | | and, be it further |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 42 | 42 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 43 | 43 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Sergeant |
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| 44 | 44 | | Anselmo Martinez III. |
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| 45 | 45 | | Herrero |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 48 | 48 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2264 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 49 | 49 | | rising vote of the House on May 21, 2009. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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