Full Text of HR1202 96th General Assembly
HR1202 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of United | 4 |
| States Army Specialist Kyle James Wright of Romeoville, who | 5 |
| gave his life to his country in support of Operation Enduring | 6 |
| Freedom in Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, on January 13, | 7 |
| 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Kyle Wright was a 2006 graduate of Romeoville High | 9 |
| School; he attended Timber Ridge Middle School and Plainfield | 10 |
| High School before transferring to Romeoville High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Kyle was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st | 12 |
| Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd | 13 |
| Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Washington; and
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| WHEREAS, Kyle went through intensive Arabic language | 15 |
| training at the Defense Language Institute at Fort Lewis as | 16 |
| part of his service; he was deployed to Afghanistan in July of | 17 |
| 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Kyle's grandfather, 1st Sergeant Ruben John | 19 |
| Wright, served in the United States Army during World War II, | 20 |
| Korea, and the Vietnam War; his father served as a medic in the | 21 |
| 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| mourn, along with his family, friends, and a grateful nation, | 10 |
| the passing of United States Army Specialist Kyle Wright; and | 11 |
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Specialist Kyle | 13 |
| Wright and his willingness to serve his country, which led to | 14 |
| him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of United States Army Specialist Kyle | 17 |
| Wright as a symbol of our sincere sympathy and respect.
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