Bill Text: IL HR0011 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Staff Sergeant Justus S. Bartelt of Polo.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-17 - Resolution Adopted [HR0011 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0011-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Staff | ||||||
| 4 | Sergeant Justus S. Bartelt of Polo, who gave his life defending | ||||||
| 5 | America's freedom on July 16, 2010, in the Helmand province of | ||||||
| 6 | southern Afghanistan; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Justus S. Bartelt was born on July 4, 1983 in | ||||||
| 8 | Dixon, to Steve Bartelt and Jeannie Kyker; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Bartelt graduated in 2001 from Polo | ||||||
| 10 | High School and joined the United States Marine Corps in June | ||||||
| 11 | of 2001; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Bartelt was deployed to | ||||||
| 13 | Afghanistan in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from March to | ||||||
| 14 | October of 2005 and again from August of 2008 to March of 2009; | ||||||
| 15 | he was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring | ||||||
| 16 | Freedom in February of 2010; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Bartelt's awards and decorations | ||||||
| 18 | include the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Combat | ||||||
| 19 | Action Ribbon, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the Iraq | ||||||
| 20 | Campaign Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the National | ||||||
| 21 | Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism | ||||||
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| 1 | Expeditionary Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Service | ||||||
| 2 | Medal; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Bartelt will be missed by his | ||||||
| 4 | parents, Steve Bartelt and Jeannie Kyker; his sisters, Shayann, | ||||||
| 5 | Simber, and Kellen; as well as his fellow soldiers and the | ||||||
| 6 | citizens of a grateful nation; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 9 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 10 | Staff Sergeant Justus S. Bartelt; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Staff Sergeant Justus | ||||||
| 12 | S. Bartelt and his willingness to serve his country, which led | ||||||
| 13 | to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Staff Sergeant Justus S. Bartelt as | ||||||
| 16 | a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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