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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Corporal Joshua Douglas Palmer of rural |
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| Blandinsville died November 8, 2004 when his bulldozer fell |
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| into the Euphrates River near Fallujah; he was building a |
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| fighting position on the Fallujah Peninsula when the ground |
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| gave way; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born July 7, 1980 in Carthage, the son of |
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| Doug and Carol Hasten Palmer; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended grade school in LaHarpe and graduated |
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| from LaHarpe High School in 1999; he enlisted in the U.S. |
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| Marine Corps in 1999, and served until 2003; on June 30, 2004, |
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| he re-enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and was |
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| serving with the Engineer Company C, based in Peoria; his unit |
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| was deployed to Iraq in September; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved his family, motorcycles, and working with |
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| his hands; he attended the Abundant Life Church in LaHarpe; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his maternal |
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| grandparents, Carl Junior and Mabel Hasten; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Corporal Joshua Douglas Palmer will |
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| be deeply felt by many, especially his parents, Doug and Carol |
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| Hasten Palmer; his sister, Amanda Palmer; his grandparents, |
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| Barb and Rex Stewart and Hollis Palmer and Donna Burnett; and |
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| several aunts, uncles and cousins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with his |
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| family, friends, community, and the citizens of this State and |
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| this great nation, we mourn the death of Corporal Joshua |
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| Douglas Palmer and we extend to his family and friends our |
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| sincerest condolences; and be it further
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