Bill Text: PA HR512 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring the life of United States Staff Sergeant Edward D. Mills, Jr., who was killed in action on Thursday, May 26, 2011, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, during a combat mission supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-12 - Adopted (193-0) [HR512 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR512-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2809
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 512 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY SAINATO, GIBBONS, MARSHALL, LONGIETTI, CAUSER, BROOKS, BAKER, BARBIN, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BRENNAN, AUMENT, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, COX, DELOZIER, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FARRY, GABLER, GEORGE, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, HAHN, HALUSKA, HARHART, HARPER, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, M. K. KELLER, W. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KOTIK, MAHER, MAHONEY, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MATZIE, McGEEHAN, METZGAR, MICCARELLI, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MOUL, MULLERY, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, RAPP, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, REED, ROCK, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SANTARSIERO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, TAYLOR, TOEPEL, WATSON, WHITE AND YOUNGBLOOD, DECEMBER 5, 2011
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, DECEMBER 5, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life of United States Staff Sergeant Edward D.
Mills, Jr., who was killed in action on Thursday, May 26,
2011, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, during a combat
mission supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
WHEREAS, Edward D. Mills, Jr., was born on October 7, 1981,
in New Castle to Edward Mills, Sr., and Kathie Kirkwood
Greenawalt; and
WHEREAS, Edward Mills, Jr., was a 2000 graduate of Union High
School; and
WHEREAS, Edward Mills, Jr., entered the United States Army in
January 2005; and
WHEREAS, Edward Mills, Jr., was subsequently promoted to the
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rank of staff sergeant and assigned to Fox Company,
(Pathfinder), 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th
Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault),
Fort Campbell, Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, On Thursday, May 26, 2011, while serving on his
third overseas tour of duty, Staff Sergeant Edward D. Mills,
Jr., made the ultimate sacrifice for his country when he was
killed in action while on a foot patrol in Kandahar Province,
Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his patrol with an
improvised explosive device; and
WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Mills' awards and decorations include
the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement
Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service
Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Arrowhead Device, the
Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal,
the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal, the Air Assault Badge, the
Parachutist Badge, the Pathfinder Badge and the Combat
Infantryman Badge; and
WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Mills was posthumously awarded the
Medal of Valor; and
WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Mills is survived by his widow,
Amanda Brenner; his mother and father, Kathie L. and Jeff
Greenawalt; his brothers, Jarod Mills and Lucas Greenawalt; his
sister and brother-in-law, Tiffany and Brian Cast; and extended
family and friends; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life of
Staff Sergeant Edward D. Mills, Jr., who was killed in action on
May 26, 2011, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, while
supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and extend its condolences
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to his family and friends.
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