Full Text of SR0613 96th General Assembly
SR0613 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 Specialist Kyle James | 4 |
| Wright of Romeoville, who gave his life to his country in | 5 |
| support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Kandahar Air Field, | 6 |
| Afghanistan, on January 13, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Kyle Wright was a 2006 graduate of Romeoville High | 8 |
| School; he attended Timber Ridge Middle School and Plainfield | 9 |
| High School before transferring to Romeoville High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Kyle was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st | 11 |
| Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd | 12 |
| Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Washington; and
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| WHEREAS, Kyle went through intensive Arabic language | 14 |
| training at the Defense Language Institute at Fort Lewis as | 15 |
| part of his service; he was deployed to Afghanistan in July of | 16 |
| 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Kyle's grandfather, 1st Sergeant Ruben John | 18 |
| Wright, served in the United States Army during World War II, | 19 |
| Korea, and the Vietnam War; his father served as a medic in the | 20 |
| United States Army's 82nd Airborne Division; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his parents, Lynn (James) Perry, | 2 |
| and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wright; his sisters, Krystal (Sergeant | 3 |
| Zachary) Greene, Kelly Wright, and stepsister Kayla (Dean) | 4 |
| Perry; his stepbrothers Justin Rhodes, Tom Perry, and Eric | 5 |
| Perry; his grandmother, Joyce Wright; and his two nephews; | 6 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| his family, friends, and a grateful nation, the passing of | 10 |
| United States Army Specialist Kyle Wright; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Specialist Kyle | 12 |
| Wright and his willingness to serve his country, which led to | 13 |
| him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of United States Army Specialist Kyle | 16 |
| Wright as a symbol of our sincere sympathy and respect.
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