Full Text of HR1587 095th General Assembly
HR1587 95TH 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 Private First Class Ja'Mel Bryant, of Belleville, | 5 |
| who was killed in action in Iraq, on September 27, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Ja'Mel A. Bryant died after a vehicle accident | 7 |
| while he was on patrol in Wahida, Iraq;
U.S. Army Private First | 8 |
| Class Bryant was part of the 40th Engineer Battalion in the 1st | 9 |
| Armored Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team in Baumholder, | 10 |
| Germany; he left for Iraq in April and returned briefly to the | 11 |
| United States in June before resuming his tour in Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Ja'Mel Bryant, who started a music career in | 13 |
| Belleville, joined the Army in 2006 because he wanted to change | 14 |
| his life for the better; he loved music and he loved children, | 15 |
| and often passed candy out to children in Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, He taught himself how to play the piano and | 17 |
| recently produced a rap song with friends in Iraq about the | 18 |
| troubles he had growing up in order to help other children; and
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| WHEREAS, He wanted to go to school for engineering or for | 20 |
| music after the army; he was a former student at Belleville | 21 |
| West High School and remembered as a good student and a good |
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| citizen; and
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| WHEREAS,
Ja'Mel Bryant is survived by his mother, Cecilia | 3 |
| Eiland; his father, Antonio Bryant Sr.; his brother, Antonio | 4 |
| Bryant Jr.; his grandmother, Barbara Eiland; and his fiancee, | 5 |
| Rochelle Jumper; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of United | 9 |
| States Army Private First Class Ja'Mel Bryant; and be it | 10 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of United States Army | 12 |
| Private First Class Ja'Mel Bryant and his willingness to serve | 13 |
| his country, which led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; | 14 |
| and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of United States Army Private First | 17 |
| Class Ja'Mel Bryant as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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