Bill Text: SC H4245 | 2013-2014 | 120th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Vincent Daniel Decrescenzio
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 78-46)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-30 - Introduced and adopted [H4245 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2013-H4245-Introduced.html
A HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR VINCENT DANIEL DECRESCENZIO FOR HIS FAITHFUL AND SACRIFICIAL SERVICE TO OUR NATION AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR HIS HEROIC SUCCESS IN GRADUATING CUM LAUDE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to commend Vincent DeCrescenzio upon his graduation from the University of South Carolina cum laude; and
Whereas, after graduation from Spring Valley High School, Vincent DeCrescenzio entered Recruit Training for the United States Marine Corps on June 5, 2007, at Parris Island in Beaufort as part of Charlie Company, Platoon 1070; and
Whereas, upon his successful completion of Recruit Training on August 31, 2007, he entered the Marine Corps School of Infantry at Camp Geiger and graduated on November 9, 2007; and
Whereas, he married his beloved wife, Mary Louise Tinsley, on June 7, 2008, at the idyllic and historic Zion Methodist Church in Blythewood, and she has been the love of his life and the wind beneath his wings; and
Whereas, stationed at Camp Lejeune with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine, 2nd Marine Division, Weapons Company, he was deployed to Iraq as a 0352 TOW gunner on July 27, 2008, and returned on February 17, 2009; and
Whereas, two years after sustaining a serious injury, he was medically retired from the United States Marine Corps on September 29, 2011; and
Whereas, in spite of tremendous obstacles, he graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business on May 10, 2013; and
Whereas, he was a member of the Student Veterans Association at the University of South Carolina and Beta Alpha Psi, the national scholastic and professional accounting fraternity that encourages a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibility within the accounting profession; and
Whereas, he was proudly inducted into the Palmetto Marines, Marine Corps League Detachment 829, on May 2, 2013, and is enrolled in the master's program in business administration at Winthrop University for June of 2013; and
Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is grateful for the service and accomplishments of Vincent DeCrescenzio, and the members look to hear of his continued success in the days ahead. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Vincent Daniel DeCrescenzio for his faithful and sacrificial service to our nation and congratulate him for his heroic success in graduating cum laude from the University of South Carolina.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Vincent Daniel DeCrescenzio.
