| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2309 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The friends and family of U.S. Army Sergeant Garrett |
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| 6 | 6 | | I. McLead suffered an immeasurable loss when he died on August 22, |
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| 7 | 7 | | 2007, at the age of 23, while serving in Iraq; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A sniper who also did reconnaissance work, Sergeant |
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| 9 | 9 | | McLead died of injuries sustained in a helicopter crash near |
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| 10 | 10 | | Kirkuk; he was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry |
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| 11 | 11 | | Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, |
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| 12 | 12 | | based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, The son of Patrick and Patricia McLead of Aransas |
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| 14 | 14 | | Pass, Garrett Ian McLead was born in Houston and grew up in |
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| 15 | 15 | | Rockport; he attended Rockport High School, where he played in the |
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| 16 | 16 | | band, competed in varsity tennis and soccer, and worked on the |
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| 17 | 17 | | yearbook staff; an upbeat and outgoing prankster with a warm smile |
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| 18 | 18 | | and infectious laugh, he enjoyed skateboarding, surfing, and |
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| 19 | 19 | | spending time with his lively, close-knit group of friends; he |
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| 20 | 20 | | possessed a deep faith and was a valued member of First Baptist |
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| 21 | 21 | | Church of Rockport and organized its annual Big Kahuna Surf Trip; in |
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| 22 | 22 | | addition, he was a member of Young Life Rockport and of the Third |
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| 23 | 23 | | Coast Squadron/Commemorative Air Force; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, This valiant soldier dreamed of becoming an actor as |
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| 25 | 25 | | a boy, but following the attacks of September 11, 2001, he felt |
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| 26 | 26 | | called to serve his country and enlisted in the army shortly after |
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| 27 | 27 | | his birthday in May 2002, the year he graduated; his adventurous |
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| 28 | 28 | | nature led him to sign up for sniper school and mountain survival |
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| 29 | 29 | | training; after his initial tour of duty in Afghanistan, he chose to |
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| 30 | 30 | | re-enlist and took great pride in the important work he was doing in |
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| 31 | 31 | | Iraq; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have young men |
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| 33 | 33 | | and women whose love of country leads them to service in the |
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| 34 | 34 | | military, and time can never diminish the profound debt that |
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| 35 | 35 | | Americans owe to Sergeant McLead for his sacrifice; now, therefore, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 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 Garrett |
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| 39 | 39 | | McLead and extend sincere sympathy to all who mourn his passing; |
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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 | | Garrett I. McLead. |
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| 45 | 45 | | Hunter |
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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. 2309 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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