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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
  
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Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of U.S. Army
  
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Private First Class
Jacob Lowell of New Lenox on June 2, 2007 
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in Afghanistan; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Pfc. Jacob Lowell attended Tyler and Bentley 
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elementary schools and Martino Junior High School; he was a 
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2003 graduate of Lincoln-Way Central High School and was an 
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offensive lineman on the school's football team; he was a 
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member of the 1998 national heavyweight championship New Lenox 
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Mustangs team and was named to the 2002 all-conference team; he 
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attended Saint Xavier University for two semesters before 
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joining the Army; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Pfc. Jacob Lowell was a paratrooper with the 173rd 
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Airborne Brigade; he was stationed in Italy until being 
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deployed to Afghanistan in May 2007; during Lowell's first 
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patrol of his first tour in Afghanistan, he was working as a 
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gunner when his Humvee was ambushed; despite being shot in the 
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leg, he continued to fire his weapon and protect the rest of 
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his unit until he was fatally wounded; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Pfc. Jacob Lowell will be remembered by all who 
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knew him as a selfless, patriotic, and upbeat young man who 
 


 






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made people laugh when they  were down and as a person who would 
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drop anything he was doing if someone needed his help; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Pfc. Jacob Lowell is the youngest son of Raymond 
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and Bernadine; he also is survived by his siblings, Jennifer 
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and Joseph; therefore, be it

 

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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
  
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of U.S.
  
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Army Private First Class
Jacob Lowell; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Private First Class

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Jacob Lowell and his willingness to serve our country,
  which 
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led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it
further
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

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presented to the family of Private First Class Jacob Lowell as 
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an expression of our sympathy.