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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal James |
| 4 | | Bray Stack of Arlington Heights, who was killed in the line of |
| 5 | | duty on November 10, 2010, in the Sangin District of Helmand |
| 6 | | Province, Afghanistan; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, James Bray Stack was born on July 11, 1990, in |
| 8 | | Schaumburg; his parents were Robert Bruce and Linda Lorraine |
| 9 | | Stack; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, James Bray Stack was a nationally ranked |
| 11 | | competitive shooter and the 2008 Junior Olympics Gold Medalist |
| 12 | | for Air Pistol; he was a member of the Arlington International |
| 13 | | Airgun Club; he also played soccer at Christian Liberty Academy |
| 14 | | and was named Most Valuable Player on the school's track team; |
| 15 | | and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, James Bray Stack served as a rifleman with India |
| 17 | | Company (2nd Platoon) of the "Darkhorse" 3rd Battalion, 5th |
| 18 | | Marine Regiment with the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine |
| 19 | | Expeditionary Force in Camp Pendleton, California; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, James Bray Stack was the recipient of numerous |
| 21 | | awards for his service, including the Purple Heart, the Combat |
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| 1 | | Action Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global |
| 2 | | War on Terrorism Medal, and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, James Bray Stack was preceded in death by his |
| 4 | | grandmother, Lorraine Bray, and his grandfather, Robert Lee |
| 5 | | Stack; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Bray Stack is survived by his wife, Katie; |
| 7 | | his daughter, Mikayla Lorraine; his parents, Robert and Linda |
| 8 | | Stack; his sister, Megan Lorraine Stack; his grandparents, Jo |
| 9 | | Ann Stack and Gene Bray; his mother-in-law, Dawn (Tom) Hedrick; |
| 10 | | his sister-in-law, Joanne Savage; his wife's grandmother, |
| 11 | | Eleanor Savage; and his father-in-law, Michael Landeweer; |
| 12 | | therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
| 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 15 | | his family and friends, the passing of Lance Corporal James |
| 16 | | Bray Stack; and be it further
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of James Bray |
| 18 | | Stack and his willingness to serve our country, which led to |
| 19 | | him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Lance Corporal James Bray Stack as |