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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives were deeply saddened to learn of the death of 
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Pfc. Wyatt Dale Eisenhauer who gave his life in Said of 
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Abdullah (Southern Baghdad), Iraq, in the service of his 
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country on May 19, 2005, while serving with Headquarters and 
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Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor, 3rd Brigade 
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Combat team, 1st Armored Division United States Army; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 2004, he joined the U.S. Army, following in the 
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footsteps of his father, Fred Eisenhauer and Grandpa Fred 
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"Fritz" Eisenhauer; he completed his basic training at Fort 
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Knox, Kentucky and was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, when 
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his unit deployed to Iraq; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Pfc. Eisenhauer was born in Pinckneyville, the 
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county of Perry, on Flag Day, June 14, 1978, the son of Fred 
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and Gay Eisenhauer; he was a brother to Rebecca, Hannah, and 
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Leah; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He went to kindergarten in Pinckneyville, 
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attended Pinckneyville Grade School, and graduated from 
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Pinckneyville High School; while in high school, he was a 
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member of the Pinckneyville Panther's wrestling team, band, and 
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V.I.C.A.; he was honored for distinguished achievement when 
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placing first place in the State Diesel Equipment Technician 
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competition; he loved music and played the trumpet, guitar, 
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baritone, and piano; he also set up sound systems and ran the 
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sound boards for many bands; after high school, he attended 
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in the Automotive 
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Mechanic program; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He loved the outdoors and thoroughly enjoyed 
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fishing, as well as kayaking down Beaucoup Creek; he also loved 
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rock climbing, camping, and animals, especially his bird, Jake; 
 


 






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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dale 
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and Joy Farthing and Fred "Fritz" Eisenhauer; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Wyatt Dale Eisenhauer is felt by 
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all who knew and loved him, especially his parents, Fred and 
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Gay Eisenhauer; his sister, Rebecca Anderson and her family, 
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husband, Willie Anderson, nieces, Alexis and Caitlyn Anderson, 
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and nephew and namesake, Jacob William Dale Anderson; his 
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sisters, Hannah and Leah Eisenhauer; his grandmother, 
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Catherine Eisenhauer; his great-grandmother, Ruth Huffstutler; 
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his aunts and uncles, Larry and Sherry Goldman, Todd and Susan 
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Farthing, Tim and Carla Hankla, Darrell and Sharon Eisenhauer, 
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Ross and Linda Eisenhauer, and Bill and Mary Lou Ozburn; and a 
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host of cousins and friends; and

 
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    WHEREAS, His family is extremely proud of Wyatt Dale 
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Eisenhauer, who was a very humble young man, a private person, 
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with wisdom beyond his years, who made the supreme sacrifice 
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for his nation and the family he loved; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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together with his family, friends, and the citizens of this 
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State and this great nation, we mourn the passing of Wyatt Dale 
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Eisenhauer, for the truest heroes of the Iraq War are the 
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members
   of the United States Armed Forces who have made the
   
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ultimate sacrifice of their lives on behalf of their country; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to his family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.