81R8214 JNC-D
By: Smithee H.R. No. 576
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family and a host of friends are mourning the
untimely loss of U.S. Army Specialist Brandon A. Meyer of Canyon,
who died in Iraq on January 28, 2008, at the age of 20; and
WHEREAS, A gunner with the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry
Regiment, Specialist Meyer was an Airborne-trained expert marksman
based at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colorado; he was mortally
wounded while riding in a convoy near his station in Mosul; and
WHEREAS, This courageous young man was born on February 3,
1987, in Beatrice, Nebraska; he spent his childhood in St. Louis,
Missouri, and in 2001 moved to Canyon, where he attended high
school; after graduating in 2005, he studied biology at Concordia
University in California before enlisting in January 2007, out of a
desire to defend his country; and
WHEREAS, Through his unfaltering devotion to duty, honor, and
this country, Specialist Meyer embodied the highest ideals of the
United States armed forces, and the blessing of his life will be
forever cherished by those who were privileged to share in his love
and affection; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Specialist Brandon
A. Meyer and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family:
to his parents, Terry and Genia Meyer; to his sister, Desiree Meyer;
and to all those who mourn his passing; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Specialist
Brandon A. Meyer.