| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 3050 |
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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. Army Corporal Michael |
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| 6 | 6 | | W. Davis suffered an immeasurable loss with the death of this |
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| 7 | 7 | | valiant soldier on May 21, 2007, at the age of 22; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops |
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| 9 | 9 | | Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, based |
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| 10 | 10 | | at Fort Richardson, Alaska, Corporal Davis lost his life while |
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| 11 | 11 | | bravely serving his country in Iraq; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Michael Davis graduated from San Marcos High School |
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| 13 | 13 | | and went on to attend Texas State University; moved to join the army |
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| 14 | 14 | | after the events of September 11, 2001, he trained to become a |
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| 15 | 15 | | combat engineer at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where his dedicated |
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| 16 | 16 | | service earned him the Commanding General's Award for Military |
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| 17 | 17 | | Excellence; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, After earning his status as an Airborne Sapper at |
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| 19 | 19 | | Fort Benning, Georgia, he transferred to Alaska and was honored |
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| 20 | 20 | | with the Army Achievement Medal for his outstanding efforts during |
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| 21 | 21 | | predeployment training; highly decorated throughout his career, he |
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| 22 | 22 | | also earned the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Combat |
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| 23 | 23 | | Action Badge, and the Army Good Conduct Medal; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Corporal Davis was known for his light-up-a-room |
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| 25 | 25 | | smile and for his devotion to his wife, Taryn, whom he married in |
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| 26 | 26 | | December 2005; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt to our nation's |
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| 28 | 28 | | servicemen and servicewomen, whose courageous efforts and enormous |
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| 29 | 29 | | sacrifices are deserving of their fellow citizens' deepest respect |
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| 30 | 30 | | and gratitude; through his unwavering dedication to duty and honor, |
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| 31 | 31 | | Michael Davis embodied the highest ideals of the United States |
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| 32 | 32 | | armed forces, and memories of his love and friendship will forever |
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| 33 | 33 | | be cherished by all those who held him dear; now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of U.S. Army Corporal |
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| 36 | 36 | | Michael W. Davis and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his |
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| 37 | 37 | | family: to his wife, Taryn Davis; to his mother, Sonya Davis |
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| 38 | 38 | | Kennedy; to his father, Myron Davis; to his sisters, Natalie Davis |
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| 39 | 39 | | and Jessica Bell; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 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 Michael W. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Davis. |
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| 45 | 45 | | Corte |
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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. 3050 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 49 | 49 | | rising vote of the House on June 1, 2009. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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