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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Staff
4 Sgt. Jacob Frazier of St. Charles, one of the men killed in
5 an ambush in south central Afghanistan on March 29, 2003; and
6 WHEREAS, Sgt. Frazier was in a four vehicle
7 reconnaissance patrol that came under fire near Geresk in the
8 Helmand province of south central Afghanistan; and
9 WHEREAS, Sgt. Frazier was assigned to the 169th Air
10 Support Operations Squadron of the 182nd Airlift Wing in
11 Peoria; he had been working with the United States Army
12 Special Forces in Afghanistan since January; and
13 WHEREAS, Sgt. Frazier was raised in Ohio and St. Charles
14 Township; he attended Burlington Central High School, where
15 he was a wrestler, and all-conference football player, and a
16 member of the school's choir; after graduation, he joined the
17 Illinois Air National Guard; therefore, be it
18 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20 we mourn the death of Staff Sgt. Jacob Frazier along with all
21 who knew and loved him and extend our sincere condolences to
22 his family, friends, and community; and be it further
23 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
24 presented to the family of Staff Sgt. Jacob Frazier with our
25 deepest sympathy.