| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2345 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The family and friends of U.S. Navy Petty Officer |
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| 6 | 6 | | Third Class Mark Russell Cannon of Lubbock suffered an immeasurable |
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| 7 | 7 | | loss with the death of this brave young Texan in Afghanistan on |
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| 8 | 8 | | October 2, 2007, at the age of 31; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Petty Officer Cannon served as a hospital corpsman |
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| 10 | 10 | | assigned to the 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III |
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| 11 | 11 | | Marine Expeditionary Force out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, During a firefight in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Petty Officer Cannon rushed to the aid of a wounded Marine, working |
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| 14 | 14 | | to treat the injured man's wounds while firing back at the enemy; he |
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| 15 | 15 | | saved the man's life, but lost his own; for his heroism that day, he |
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| 16 | 16 | | was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Mark Cannon was born in Lubbock on November 21, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1975, to Tom and Becky Cannon; a 1994 graduate of Coronado High |
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| 19 | 19 | | School, he earned a nursing degree from South Plains College and |
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| 20 | 20 | | enlisted in the Navy in 2003; he served a tour of duty in Iraq in |
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| 21 | 21 | | 2006 and volunteered to serve in Afghanistan the following year; |
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| 22 | 22 | | and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The State of Texas is proud to claim Mark Cannon as a |
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| 24 | 24 | | native son, and the courage and fortitude he demonstrated on that |
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| 25 | 25 | | fateful day will forever be remembered by all who were privileged to |
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| 26 | 26 | | know him; now, therefore, be it |
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| 27 | 27 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 28 | 28 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of U.S. Navy Petty |
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| 29 | 29 | | Officer Third Class Mark Russell Cannon and extend sincere |
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| 30 | 30 | | condolences to the members of his family: to his father, Tom Cannon; |
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| 31 | 31 | | to his grandmother, Inez Cannon; to his uncles and aunts, Bob and |
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| 32 | 32 | | Kathy Orf and Jack and Joyce Cannon; and to his other relatives and |
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| 33 | 33 | | friends; and, be it further |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 35 | 35 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 36 | 36 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mark |
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| 37 | 37 | | Cannon. |
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| 38 | 38 | | Isett |
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| 39 | 39 | | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | 40 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | 41 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2345 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 42 | 42 | | rising vote of the House on May 21, 2009. |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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