Bill Text: PA HR537 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing with sadness the supreme sacrifice of Corporal Jonathan M. Walls, who was killed in action in Kandahar province in Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his patrol with improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades while he was courageously serving our nation.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 75-43)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-09-20 - Referred to RULES [HR537 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR537-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2904
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 537 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY COX, CALTAGIRONE, BOYD, ADOLPH, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BRADFORD, BRIGGS, BROOKS, BUXTON, CARROLL, CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, P. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALEY, DALLY, DAY, DELOZIER, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FARRY, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEIST, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARPER, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KULA, LEVDANSKY, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McCALL, McGEEHAN, METCALFE, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, OBERLANDER, D. O'BRIEN, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PEIFER, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REESE, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROHRER, ROSS, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, R. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, WALKO, WATSON, WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing with sadness the supreme sacrifice of Corporal
Jonathan M. Walls, who was killed in action in Kandahar
province in Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his patrol
with improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled
grenades while he was courageously serving our nation.
WHEREAS, Army Corporal Jonathan M. Walls, a 2001 graduate of
Wilson High School, was one of three soldiers killed in Kandahar
province when insurgents attacked their patrol with improvised
explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades; and
WHEREAS, Two other soldiers, Pfc. Richard K. Jones, 21,
Person, North Carolina, and Pvt. Patrick S. Fitzgibbon, 19,
Knoxville, Tennessee, were also killed in the same attack; and
WHEREAS, All three were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th
Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, Corporal Walls lived with his wife, Meghan, and
three children in Fort Carson; and
WHEREAS, In addition to his wife and three children, Corporal
Walls is survived by his father, Steven A. Walls and his mother,
Lisa K. Rowe; and
Whereas, Corporal Walls' death came a few weeks after he had
narrowly escaped another explosion that damaged his hearing; and
WHEREAS, This was Corporal Walls' second tour of duty, his
first having been with the Stryker Brigade in Iraq; and
WHEREAS, Corporal Walls was the ninth service member with
ties to Berks County that has been killed while serving in
either Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize with
sadness the supreme sacrifice of Corporal Jonathan M. Walls, who
was killed in action while courageously serving our nation in
Afghanistan; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend
condolences to Corporal Walls' wife and children and to his
parents.
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