Full Text of SR0341 96th General Assembly
SR0341 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of United States Army Sergeant Paul G. Smith | 4 |
| of East Peoria, who was killed in the line of duty while | 5 |
| serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on June 19, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born July 9, 1965, in Peoria, to Joseph A. | 7 |
| and Muriel Jeanette Evans Smith; he married Kim L. Day in | 8 |
| Kewanee, on May 13, 1988; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Smith served as a cavalry scout with the | 10 |
| United States Army; he joined the Army in April of 1993 and was | 11 |
| stationed in Fort Hood until 1996, when he was deployed to | 12 |
| Kuwait; in 1996, he and his family were then stationed in | 13 |
| Vilseck, Germany where they stayed until August of 1999; his | 14 |
| next station was Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was deployed | 15 |
| again from 2001 to 2002 in Iraq and again from 2003 to 2004 and | 16 |
| 2005 to 2006; in June of 2006, he went inactive and returned to | 17 |
| East Peoria; and
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| WHEREAS, He joined the National Guard out of Kewanee in | 19 |
| August of 2006; while doing his drills, he was employed by G & | 20 |
| D Integrated; in December of 2008, he was called to go to | 21 |
| Afghanistan with his Kewanee Guard; he was able to return home | 22 |
| on his R & R from April 29, 2009, to May 12, 2009, when he and |
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| his wife celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved his homemade pond and fish tanks and just | 3 |
| relaxing on his break with his family and friends; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph | 5 |
| Sr.; and
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| WHEREAS, United States Army Sergeant Paul G. Smith is | 7 |
| survived by his wife, Kim; his mother; his daughters, Jamie | 8 |
| Smith and Sarah Appenheimer; his son, Benjiman Smith; and his | 9 |
| brothers, Joseph A. Jr., William C., and Merle F.; therefore, | 10 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| his family, friends, and a grateful nation, the passing of | 14 |
| United States Army Sergeant Paul G. Smith; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of United States Army Sergeant Paul G. | 17 |
| Smith as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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