Bill Text: IL HR0012 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Lance Corporal Alec E. Catherwood of Byron.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0012 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0012-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 Lance | ||||||
| 4 | Corporal Alec E. Catherwood of Byron, who gave his life | ||||||
| 5 | defending America's freedom on October 14, 2010, in the Helmand | ||||||
| 6 | province of southern Afghanistan; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Alec E. Catherwood was born on May 6, 1991 in | ||||||
| 8 | Heilbronn, Germany, to Kirk and Gretchen Catherwood; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Catherwood was a member of the | ||||||
| 10 | Future Farmers of America, in which he served as a Sentinel; he | ||||||
| 11 | was a member of the Boy Scouts of America; and he held a black | ||||||
| 12 | belt in tae kwon do; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Catherwood graduated in 2009 from | ||||||
| 14 | Bryon High School and enlisted in the United States Marines | ||||||
| 15 | Corps on June 1, 2009, where he had wanted to serve since he | ||||||
| 16 | was 3 years old; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Catherwood was deployed to | ||||||
| 18 | Afghanistan to serve his first combat tour of duty and had | ||||||
| 19 | talked about re-enlisting; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Catherwood's awards and | ||||||
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| 1 | decorations include the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, | ||||||
| 2 | the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Defense Service | ||||||
| 3 | Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Catherwood will be missed by his | ||||||
| 5 | parents, Kirk and Gretchen Catherwood; his sister, Mikaela | ||||||
| 6 | Montgomery; his fiancee, Hailey Patrick, whom he was to marry | ||||||
| 7 | on July 2, 2011; as well as his fellow soldiers and the | ||||||
| 8 | citizens of a grateful nation; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 12 | Lance Corporal Alec E. Catherwood; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Lance Corporal Alec | ||||||
| 14 | E. Catherwood and his willingness to serve his country, which | ||||||
| 15 | led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Lance Corporal Alec E. Catherwood as | ||||||
| 18 | a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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