Full Text of SR0361 95th General Assembly
SR0361 95TH 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
U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Matthew | 4 |
| Medlicott of Houston, Texas, who was killed in action in Al | 5 |
| Anbar province, Iraq on August 25, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Matthew Medlicott was assigned to the | 7 |
| 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I | 8 |
| Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Pendleton, California; | 9 |
| he was serving his second deployment to Iraq at the time of his | 10 |
| death; and
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| WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Matthew Medlicott attended Waukegan | 12 |
| High School's Alternative Optional Education Center during his | 13 |
| freshman and sophomore years; and
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| WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Matthew Medlicott is survived by his | 15 |
| parents, William Medlicott Jr. and Juyne Sauer; his brother, | 16 |
| Nicholas Medlicott; and his grandmother, Barbara Medlicott; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Matthew Medlicott will be remembered by | 19 |
| all who knew and loved him as a fine soldier, a wonderful son, | 20 |
| and a wonderful young man who always had a ready wit and a | 21 |
| sparkle in his eyes; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of U.S. Marine Lance | 4 |
| Corporal Matthew Medlicott; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Lance Corporal | 6 |
| Matthew Medlicott and his willingness to serve our country, | 7 |
| which led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Lance Corporal Matthew Medlicott as | 11 |
| an expression of our sympathy.
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