Full Text of HR0210 094th General Assembly
HR0210 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Alexander Bailey Crackel | 3 |
| of England was killed in action February 24, 2005, along the | 4 |
| Iraq/Kuwait border, when a bomb exploded near his truck; and
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| WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Crackel considered the Army a great | 6 |
| challenge and a chance to gain another family; he had the | 7 |
| military in his blood, with several members of his family | 8 |
| having served in the military, including his father and | 9 |
| brother; and
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| WHEREAS, He had spent several years in England and | 11 |
| graduated from the equivalent of high school across the ocean; | 12 |
| in 1998, he decided to join the Army and become a career Army | 13 |
| man; and
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| WHEREAS, He had received the Meritorious Service Medal, | 15 |
| Army Good Conduct Medal (3rd Award), National Defense Service | 16 |
| Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War | 17 |
| on Terrorism Service Medal, Professional Development Ribbon, | 18 |
| Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, and Weapons | 19 |
| Qualification Badge (M16a2-Expert); and
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| WHEREAS, He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart | 21 |
| Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Bronze Star Medal; | 22 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as a quiet man who had a | 24 |
| great sense of humor and was always cracking jokes; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife and 7-year-old daughter | 26 |
| in England; his father, Clinton E. Crackel of North Aurora; his | 27 |
| mother in England, and his brother, James; 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 | 2 |
| together with his family, friends, fellow members of the United | 3 |
| States armed forces, and the citizens of this State and this | 4 |
| great nation, we mourn the passing of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant | 5 |
| Alexander Bailey Crackel and extend to his family our sincerest | 6 |
| condolences; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 9 |
| sympathy.
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