Full Text of SR0596 94th General Assembly
SR0596 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 |
| learned with sadness of the death in combat in Afghanistan of | 4 |
| Sergeant First Class James Scott Ochsner of Waukegan on | 5 |
| November 15, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born at Great Lakes Naval Base in May of | 7 |
| 1969; he attended Cook Magnet School, St. Anastasia Grammar | 8 |
| School, and St. Joseph High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin; and
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| WHEREAS, He entered the U.S. Army in July of 1987; his | 10 |
| first enlistment was as an artilleryman in Germany from 1987 to | 11 |
| 1990; at the end of that enlistment, he reenlisted for the | 12 |
| infantry; he spent 1990 to 1999 with the famous 325th and 505th | 13 |
| Parachute Infantry Regiments of the 82nd Airborne Division; and
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| WHEREAS, With the exception of a tour to Korea in 1997 as | 15 |
| part of the United Nations Security Force, Sergeant Ochsner led | 16 |
| soldiers all over the world as part of America's Guard of | 17 |
| Honor, including combat duty in the Arabian Peninsula during | 18 |
| Desert Storm and peace keeping duty in the Sinai Desert as part | 19 |
| of the multi-national forces; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1999, Sergeant Ochsner left the 82nd Airborne | 21 |
| Division and volunteered for the Special Forces; he completed | 22 |
| his training in 2001 as a Special Forces Communications | 23 |
| Sergeant and was assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group | 24 |
| (Airborne); he deployed four times to Afghanistan; his final | 25 |
| assignment was as the Operations and Intelligence Sergeant for | 26 |
| ODA344, where he was one of the best advanced Special | 27 |
| Operations Trained Operators conducting missions in Operation | 28 |
| Enduring Freedom; and
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| WHEREAS, His awards are numerous and include the Bronze | 30 |
| Star Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendations |
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| Medal with "V" Device, the Army Commendation Medal with 3 Oak | 2 |
| Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with 3 Oak Leaf | 3 |
| Clusters, the Army Good Conduct Medal with 4 Knots, the | 4 |
| National Defense Service Medal 2NS Award, the Overseas Service | 5 |
| Ribbon with Numeral 2, the Combat Infantryman Badge 2nd Award, | 6 |
| the Expert Infantryman Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the | 7 |
| Parachutist Badge, and the Special Forces TAB; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Sergeant First Class James Scott | 9 |
| Ochsner has been deeply felt by many, especially wife, Ann | 10 |
| (Marion); his daughter, Meagan; his son, Nicholas; his parents, | 11 |
| Robert and Sandra; his brother, Master Sergeant Robert L. | 12 |
| Ochsner; and his sister, Jennifer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 |
| Sergeant First Class James Scott Ochsner, and we extend our | 16 |
| deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and | 17 |
| loved him; and be it further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Sergeant Ochsner and | 19 |
| his willingness to serve his country, which led to him making | 20 |
| the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 23 |
| condolences.
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