Full Text of HR0735 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Private | 4 | | First Class Miguel A. Villalon of Aurora, who passed away in | 5 | | Afghanistan on January 11, 2020; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, PFC Villalon was raised in the Rio Grande Valley | 7 | | of Texas; he attended school in Brownsville, Texas from 2004 to | 8 | | 2013; he attended East Aurora High School, where he became | 9 | | captain of the JROTC drill team; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, PFC Villalon joined the U.S. Army in 2018; he was | 11 | | assigned to the 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade | 12 | | Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division based in Fort Bragg, North | 13 | | Carolina; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, PFC Villalon was killed after an improvised | 15 | | explosive device struck his vehicle in Kandahar province, | 16 | | Afghanistan; he was participating in Operation Freedom's | 17 | | Sentinel, a U.S. training and counterterrorism mission; he was | 18 | | on his first combat deployment; he was awarded the Purple | 19 | | Heart, the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army | 20 | | Achievement Medal with "C" Device, the Army Achievement Medal, | 21 | | the Army Good Conduct Medal, and the Combat Action Badge; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, PFC Villalon was preceded in death by his | 2 | | great-grandmother, Rita Rios; his grandmother, Olivia Mendoza; | 3 | | his aunt, Maria Guzman; and his brother, Jesus Villalon Jr.; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, PFC Villalon is survived by his mother, Olivia | 6 | | Guzman Villalon; his father, Jesus Villalon; his brothers, | 7 | | Arnoldo and Antonio Fernandez; his maternal grandfather, | 8 | | Arnoldo Guzman; his paternal grandparents, Juan Villalon and | 9 | | Elsa Garcia; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, extended | 10 | | family, and friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we mourn the passing of Private First Class Miguel A. Villalon | 14 | | and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and | 15 | | all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of PFC Miguel Villalon as an expression | 18 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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