Full Text of HR0201 95th General Assembly
HR0201 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Sergeant First | 4 |
| Class Kenneth Buccafurri on his retirement from the United | 5 |
| States Army on April 1, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, SFC Buccafurri completed Basic Combat Training at | 7 |
| Fort Dix, New Jersey; his Advanced Individual Training as a | 8 |
| Single Chatmel Radio and Teletype Operator, and training in | 9 |
| International Morse Code was completed at Fort Gordon, Georgia, | 10 |
| where he was an Honor Graduate; he later attended the Basic | 11 |
| Airborne course at Fort Benning, Georgia;
his first duty | 12 |
| assignment in 1987 was the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces | 13 |
| Group (Airborne), at Fort Davis, Panama; he served with the US | 14 |
| MILGROUP of the US Embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador from | 15 |
| 1988 through 1989; and saw combat during the invasion of Panama | 16 |
| in Operation Just Cause; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Buccafurri attended and graduated from | 18 |
| the Primary Leadership Development Course at Fort Sherman, | 19 |
| Panama; upon completion of his overseas tour in 1990, SFC | 20 |
| Buccafurri was assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 327th | 21 |
| Infantry, 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division (Air | 22 |
| Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where he attended and | 23 |
| graduated from the 101st Air Assault Course in August 1990; his |
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| unit was called up to support Operation Desert Shield and | 2 |
| Desert Storm; during this time he took part in the largest Air | 3 |
| Assault operation into Iraq as his Battalion Commander's Radio | 4 |
| Operator; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1994, he was reclassified to a Cable Systems | 6 |
| Installer and reassigned to the Joint Security Area, Panmunjom, | 7 |
| Camp Liberty Bell and Camp Bonifas, Republic of Korea, as | 8 |
| NCOIC, Battalion Communications; during his time in Korea he | 9 |
| worked closely with the Night Vision Lab to replace 27 night | 10 |
| vision cameras along the Demilitarized Zone;
in 1996, he was | 11 |
| assigned to the 51st Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade, | 12 |
| Fort Bragg, North Carolina where he attended the 82nd Airborne | 13 |
| Division's Jumpmaster Course; after graduation from the | 14 |
| course, he was transferred to Company A, 50th Signal Battalion | 15 |
| to serve in the Assault Command Platoon, serving as the | 16 |
| Commanding General's Radio Operator during Airborne | 17 |
| Operations; for his exceptional performance, he received | 18 |
| numerous coins, praise, and recognition; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2001 SFC Buccafurri attended the Advanced | 20 |
| Noncommissioned Officers Course at Fort Gordon, Georgia; upon | 21 |
| his graduation he was instrumental in preparing his unit for | 22 |
| deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq; after completion of his | 23 |
| deployment with his unit, he attended the U.S. Army Battlefield | 24 |
| Spectrum Manager's Course at Fort Gordon with follow-on orders |
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| to the 22nd Signal Brigade in Darmstadt, Germany; he again was | 2 |
| deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and was | 3 |
| assigned to Camp Victory, serving with the Coalition Provision | 4 |
| Authority and the Ministry of Communications; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, SFC Kenneth Buccafurri's military awards and | 6 |
| decorations include the Army Commendation Medal with seven oak | 7 |
| leaf clusters, the Joint Service Achievement Medal with two oak | 8 |
| leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with six oak leaf | 9 |
| clusters, the Good Conduct Medal sixth award, the National | 10 |
| Defense Service Medal with bronze star, Armed Forces Field | 11 |
| Expeditionary Medal with two bronze stars, Southwest Asia | 12 |
| Service Medal with two bronze stars, Global War on Terrorism | 13 |
| Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, | 14 |
| Korea Defense Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, the | 15 |
| NCO Professional Development Ribbon with numeral 3, the Army | 16 |
| Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 4, the | 17 |
| Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Saudi Arabia, the Kuwait | 18 |
| Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait, the Joint Meritorious | 19 |
| Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters, the Valorous Unit Award, | 20 |
| Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Master Parachutist Badge, | 21 |
| Air Assault Badge, the Drivers Badge, and the British | 22 |
| Parachutist Badge; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, Over the years SFC Kenneth Buccafurri has seen | 24 |
| action in several foreign locales, attended school and |
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| continued his education, and found time to be a great father to | 2 |
| Kenneth, Sage, and Angelo; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| congratulate Sergeant First Class Kenneth Buccafurri on his | 6 |
| retirement and thank him for his willingness to serve his | 7 |
| country as a member of the Armed Forces; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to SFC Kenneth Buccafurri as a symbol of our respect.
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