Full Text of SR0362 93rd General Assembly
SR0362 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Sergeant Uday Singh, U.S. | 4 |
| Army, of Lake Forest, on Monday, December 1, 2003, in Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Singh was raised in India and decided he | 6 |
| wanted to live in America when he was 16 and visiting his aunt | 7 |
| and uncle in Lake Forest; he decided to enlist in the U.S. Army | 8 |
| to achieve his goal of becoming an American citizen after he | 9 |
| learned the process was much shorter for veterans of the U.S. | 10 |
| military; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Singh came from a military family; his | 12 |
| late grandfather, Kartar Singh was a decorated World War II | 13 |
| veteran, originally in the Royal British Air Force and later | 14 |
| the Indian Air Force; his father, Preet Mahinder Singh Taunque, | 15 |
| is retired from the Indian Army; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Singh finished his schooling at St. | 17 |
| Stephen's School in India's Sector 45 in 2000; he completed his | 18 |
| military training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and then was | 19 |
| stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas; he was assigned to C Company, | 20 |
| 1st Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry Division; in | 21 |
| early 2002, he was stationed in Kuwait for four months; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to his deployment, Sergeant Singh had | 23 |
| started working toward a business degree by accumulating | 24 |
| college credits from courses he was able to take over the | 25 |
| Internet; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Uday Singh is the first native of India | 27 |
| to be killed in Iraq; American citizenship was conferred upon | 28 |
| Sergeant Singh posthumously; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Sergeant Uday Singh has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially his father and mother, Preet Mahinder | 2 |
| Singh and Manjit Singh Taunque; his sister, Bani; his uncle, | 3 |
| Prem Jay Datt; and his aunt; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 |
| Sergeant Uday Singh, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 7 |
| friends, family, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Sergeant Uday Singh | 10 |
| and his willingness to serve our country, which led to him | 11 |
| making the ultimate sacrifice, his life; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Sergeant Uday Singh as an expression | 14 |
| of our sincere condolences.
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