Full Text of SR0054 094th General Assembly
SR0054 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were grieved to learn of the death in Iraq of U.S. Marine Lance | 4 |
| Corporal Christopher Zimny on Monday, January 31, 2005; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Zimny was a graduate of St. | 6 |
| Catherine Laboure School, Glenbrook South High School, and | 7 |
| Illinois State University; during high school, he was a track | 8 |
| star, was a good student, and excelled in sports; he enlisted | 9 |
| in the Marines after the 2001 terrorist attacks and loved being | 10 |
| a Marine; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, He was one of the special recipients of supplies | 12 |
| collected by St. Catherine Laboure's Brownie Troop 921; when he | 13 |
| was due to return to active duty in Iraq in August 2003, the | 14 |
| troop sent him off with a scrapbook of congratulatory letters; | 15 |
| and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, He earned two Purple Hearts for injuries received | 17 |
| in earlier battles, a shrapnel injury in August and wounds | 18 |
| incurred during a rocket-propelled grenade attack in October | 19 |
| while he was on patrol in the city of Fallujah; his back was | 20 |
| hurt in Kuwait just before the start of the Iraq war in 2003, | 21 |
| but he stayed in the fight for several weeks before being sent | 22 |
| back home to Glenview to recuperate; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Zimny was assigned to the 1st | 24 |
| Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine | 25 |
| Expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Lance Corporal Christopher Zimny | 27 |
| has been deeply felt by many, including his parents, Barbara | 28 |
| and Ted Zimny; his sisters, Michelle, Danielle, and Lisa; and | 29 |
| his brother, John; therefore, be it |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that even as his death is | 3 |
| mourned, we honor the memory of Lance Corporal Christopher | 4 |
| Zimny and his willingness to serve our country, which led to | 5 |
| him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | 6 |
| RESOLVED, That we extend our sincerest condolences to his | 7 |
| family, friends, fellow Marines, and all who knew and loved | 8 |
| him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Lance Corporal Christopher Zimny as | 11 |
| an expression of our deepest sympathy for their loss.
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