| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2310 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the untimely loss |
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| 6 | 6 | | of United States Army Sergeant First Class Justin S. Monschke, who |
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| 7 | 7 | | died on October 14, 2007, at the age of 28; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A weapons sergeant with the Special Forces, Sergeant |
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| 9 | 9 | | Monschke was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special |
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| 10 | 10 | | Forces Group (Airborne), based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina; he |
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| 11 | 11 | | was mortally wounded while conducting combat operations in Iraq; |
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| 12 | 12 | | and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, He was born and raised in Krum and played baseball |
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| 14 | 14 | | and ran with the cross-country team in high school; he fulfilled a |
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| 15 | 15 | | long-held dream when he enlisted in the army during his junior year, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and he left for boot camp a week after his graduation from Krum High |
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| 17 | 17 | | School in 1997; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Sergeant Monschke trained extensively and in 2002, |
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| 19 | 19 | | he earned the green beret; he served as an instructor at the U.S. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Army Ranger Training Battalion in Georgia and as a squad leader and |
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| 21 | 21 | | observer/controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort |
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| 22 | 22 | | Polk; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Among the numerous awards conferred on Sergeant |
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| 24 | 24 | | Monschke were two Army Commendation Medals, three Army Achievement |
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| 25 | 25 | | Medals, three Good Conduct Medals, the National Defense Service |
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| 26 | 26 | | Medal, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, This beloved son, husband, and father brought joy |
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| 28 | 28 | | into the lives of his family and many friends; although his mission |
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| 29 | 29 | | in Iraq was a hazardous one, Sergeant Monschke took its dangers in |
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| 30 | 30 | | stride and performed his mission with exemplary dedication and |
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| 31 | 31 | | professionalism; his unwavering integrity and devotion to this |
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| 32 | 32 | | country reflected the highest ideals of the Special Forces, and his |
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| 33 | 33 | | fellow citizens owe him a debt of gratitude that the passage of time |
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| 34 | 34 | | can never diminish; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 36 | 36 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of United States Army |
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| 37 | 37 | | Sergeant First Class Justin S. Monschke and extend sincere sympathy |
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| 38 | 38 | | to the members of his family: to his wife, Melissa; to his |
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| 39 | 39 | | daughter, Ashley; to his son, Ryan; to his father, Larry Monschke; |
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| 40 | 40 | | to his mother, Patty Jett; to his stepson, Dylan; and to his other |
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| 41 | 41 | | relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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| 42 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 43 | 43 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 44 | 44 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Justin S. |
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| 45 | 45 | | Monschke. |
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| 46 | 46 | | Parker |
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| 47 | 47 | | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 49 | 49 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2310 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 50 | 50 | | rising vote of the House on May 21, 2009. |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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