| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2295 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Words cannot convey the heartache felt at the loss |
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| 6 | 6 | | of U.S. Army Sergeant Jaime Gonzalez, Jr., of Austin, who died in |
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| 7 | 7 | | Afghanistan on August 3, 2008, at the age of 40; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A member of the 436th Chemical Company of the Texas |
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| 9 | 9 | | Army National Guard out of Laredo, Sergeant Gonzalez was killed in |
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| 10 | 10 | | Kabul, Afghanistan, when his vehicle was struck by an improvised |
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| 11 | 11 | | explosive device; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Jaime Gonzalez, Jr., was born in El Paso; answering |
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| 13 | 13 | | his nation's call to duty, he joined the U.S. Navy in 1989 and |
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| 14 | 14 | | served for six years, and then joined the Navy Reserves; he joined |
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| 15 | 15 | | the National Guard in 2006 as a private and was promoted to |
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| 16 | 16 | | specialist; called to active duty the following year, he trained at |
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| 17 | 17 | | Fort Bragg before deploying to Camp Eggers in Afghanistan; he was |
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| 18 | 18 | | promoted to the rank of sergeant posthumously; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt of gratitude to our |
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| 20 | 20 | | nation's servicemen and servicewomen, whose courageous efforts and |
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| 21 | 21 | | enormous sacrifices are deserving of their fellow citizens' deepest |
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| 22 | 22 | | respect and gratitude, and although the passing of Sergeant |
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| 23 | 23 | | Gonzalez leaves a void in the lives of his loved ones, they will |
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| 24 | 24 | | forever carry their memories of this heroic Texan close in their |
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| 25 | 25 | | hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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| 26 | 26 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 27 | 27 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Sergeant Jaime |
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| 28 | 28 | | Gonzalez, Jr., and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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| 29 | 29 | | family: to his wife, Erica Gonzalez; to his parents, Jaime |
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| 30 | 30 | | Gonzalez, Sr., and Maria M. Gonzalez; to his son, Jaime Ricardo |
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| 31 | 31 | | Gonzalez III; to his daughter, Samantha Elizabeth Gonzalez; to his |
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| 32 | 32 | | stepsons, Jacob Villarreal, Christopher Villarreal, and Robert |
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| 33 | 33 | | Garcia; to his stepdaughter, Missy Villarreal; to his brothers, |
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| 34 | 34 | | Robert Gonzalez and Demetrio Gonzalez; to his sisters, Belen |
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| 35 | 35 | | Gonzalez, Cynthia Ann Aleman, and Flower "Flor" Providence; and to |
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| 36 | 36 | | his other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 38 | 38 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 39 | 39 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jaime |
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| 40 | 40 | | Gonzalez, Jr. |
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| 41 | 41 | | Corte |
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| 42 | 42 | | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 44 | 44 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2295 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 45 | 45 | | rising vote of the House on May 21, 2009. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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