Full Text of SR0077 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of CW3 Dallas G. Garza, who passed away | 4 | | November 12, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dallas Garza was born in Fort Leonard Wood, | 6 | | Missouri to David and Belinda on September 19, 1986 and grew up | 7 | | in Janesville, Wisconsin with his mother and two siblings; | 8 | | moving to Fayetteville, North Carolina to live with his father | 9 | | and his wife, David Garza Jr. and Maria De Jesus Garza, and two | 10 | | siblings, he attended and graduated from Seventy-First Senior | 11 | | High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 2005; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dallas Garza followed in his father's footsteps | 13 | | and enlisted in the U.S. Army; his first duty station was in | 14 | | Fort Bragg as a helicopter crew chief, where he was able to | 15 | | complete his first airborne jump alongside his father during | 16 | | his father's last airborne jump in the Army; his 2nd | 17 | | assignment was in Hawaii at Wheeler and Schofield; he then | 18 | | began to pursue becoming a Black Hawk pilot and was assigned to | 19 | | Fort Rucker in 2010; when he graduated from Warrant Officer | 20 | | School, he was presented with numerous awards; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dallas Garza's first duty station as a pilot was | 22 | | in Texas at Fort Hood, where he excelled and became a pilot in |
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| 1 | | command and then an instructor; he returned to Hawaii, where | 2 | | he progressed further to a senior instructor pilot and | 3 | | instrument examiner; at the time of his death, he was serving | 4 | | as part of a multinational peacekeeping mission in Egypt; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dallas Garza knew how to live life to the fullest | 6 | | as a father, son, brother, and friend; he would wear flamingos | 7 | | with pride, singing his heart out in karaoke, and dress up | 8 | | every chance he could, including dressing up as the hero | 9 | | Superman, which is how he will be remembered by many; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dallas Garza was preceded in death by a few | 11 | | beloved family members and many of his fellow soldiers and | 12 | | aviators; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dallas Garza is survived by his children, | 14 | | Viviana, Isabella, and Christopher Garza; his parents, David | 15 | | Garza Jr., Maria De Jesus Garza, and Belinda Swinney; his | 16 | | brothers, David D. Garza and Tommy Long; his sisters, Jesica | 17 | | Garza, Aurora Long, and Sylvia Long; and his fellow brother | 18 | | and sister soldiers and aviators; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | CW3 Dallas G. Garza and extend our sincere condolences to his | 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copies of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Dallas Garza as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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