Full Text of SR0424 94th General Assembly
SR0424 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, First Lieutenant David L. Giaimo of Waukegan died | 3 |
| August 12, 2005, while serving his country as a tank commander | 4 |
| and squad leader in the U.S. Army in Tikrit, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, First Lieutenant Giaimo was a lifelong resident of | 6 |
| Waukegan; he attended St. Anastasia Grade School, Webster | 7 |
| Middle School, and Waukegan High School; while at Waukegan High | 8 |
| School, he was a member of the National Honor Society, | 9 |
| graduating Summa Cum Laude, and a Scholar Athlete; he also | 10 |
| played varsity baseball and was on the rifle team all four | 11 |
| years, serving as a captain in his junior and senior years and | 12 |
| taking a state championship for both the 1997-1998 and | 13 |
| 1998-1999 seasons; and
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| WHEREAS, He earned a scholarship to Iowa State University | 15 |
| (ISU) through the JROTC program, a program that inspired him to | 16 |
| pursue a military career; he majored in finance and minored in | 17 |
| military science, graduating in 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, He was commissioned in the U.S. Army on December | 19 |
| 20, 2003; he began his military career as a gold bar
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| at ISU; he completed officer training on August 24, 2004, at | 21 |
| Fort Knox, Kentucky, and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th | 22 |
| Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort | 23 |
| Stewart, Georgia; he was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi
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| Freedom III on January 7, 2005, and was promoted to 1st | 25 |
| Lieutenant on July 5, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his maternal | 27 |
| grandmother, Lillian Ebner, and paternal grandparents, Thomas | 28 |
| and Lorraine Giaimo; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his father, Thomas Giaimo; his | 30 |
| mother and stepfather, Julie and Frank Derrig; his sister, |
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| Rebecca Giaimo; his brother, James Giaimo; his stepbrother, | 2 |
| Joseph Derrig; and his maternal grandfather, Julius Ebner; | 3 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with his | 6 |
| family, friends, fellow members of the United States armed | 7 |
| forces, and the citizens of this State and this great nation, | 8 |
| we mourn the passing of First Lieutenant David L. Giaimo and we | 9 |
| extend to his family our sincerest condolences; and be it | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 13 |
| sympathy.
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