Bill Text: TX HCR128 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Jose Luis Saenz III of Pleasanton.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-15 - Signed by the Governor [HCR128 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR128-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Jose Luis Saenz III of Pleasanton.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-15 - Signed by the Governor [HCR128 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR128-Introduced.html
82R20138 JNC-D | ||
By: Aliseda | H.C.R. No. 128 |
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sorrow felt at | ||
the loss of U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Jose Luis Saenz III of | ||
Pleasanton, who died in Afghanistan on August 9, 2010, at the age of | ||
30; and | ||
WHEREAS, Assigned to 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st | ||
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp | ||
Pendleton, California, Sergeant Saenz was killed in Helmand | ||
Province by an explosive device while on patrol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in San Antonio in 1980 to Leonor Mata Saenz and | ||
Jose Luis Saenz, Jr., Joey Saenz grew up in Pleasanton, where he was | ||
a member of the varsity football team and the band at Pleasanton | ||
High School; after graduating in 1999, he worked as a mechanic at | ||
Walmart, where he met his future wife, Christy; he was a member of | ||
St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Jourdanton; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Saenz joined the Marine Corps in 2003 and | ||
received his basic training in San Diego; after completing | ||
automotive mechanics training at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, he | ||
was stationed with the 9th Engineer Support Battalion in Okinawa, | ||
Japan; in 2005, he was assigned to Marine Corps Combat Service | ||
Support Schools at Camp Johnson, North Carolina, where he worked as | ||
a motor transport mechanic and performed HAZMAT duties and funeral | ||
details; he was assigned the 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment in | ||
2007; and | ||
WHEREAS, The following year, he deployed with India Battery | ||
and participated in various exercises in the Persian Gulf with the | ||
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard USS Peleliu; he deployed to | ||
Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in May 2010, | ||
and at the time of his death he was conducting daily operations as a | ||
squad leader; and | ||
WHEREAS, In recognition of his sacrifice, Sergeant Saenz was | ||
posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy and Marine Corps | ||
Commendation Medal with the Combat Distinguishing Device; he had | ||
also earned the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with two | ||
gold stars, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Marine Corps Good Conduct | ||
Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign | ||
Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global | ||
War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Sea Service Deployment | ||
Ribbon; moreover, the members of his regiment in Afghanistan named | ||
their artillery position Firebase Saenz in his honor; and | ||
WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and | ||
women whose love of country inspires them to serve, yet the tragic | ||
death of this brave man is a sobering reminder of the cost of war; | ||
Sergeant Jose Saenz embodied the highest ideals of the U.S. armed | ||
forces, and those who knew him and loved him will forever carry him | ||
close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby pay tribute to the life of U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Jose | ||
Luis Saenz III and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his | ||
family: to his wife, Christy Heritage-Saenz; to his son, Jose Luis | ||
Saenz IV; to his parents, Leonor Mata Saenz and Jose Luis Saenz, | ||
Jr.; to his sisters, Bettina Saenz-Salas and her husband, Alex, | ||
Melissa Saenz and Shad Crow, and Patricia Saenz and Luis Ramos III; | ||
to his grandparents, Jose Luis Saenz, Sr., Evangelina Saenz, and | ||
Celia P. Mata; to his nieces and nephews, Brianna Salas, Ignacio | ||
Salas, Luis Ramos IV, and Leigh Ramos; to his in-laws, Paula | ||
Heritage, Elogio Heritage, Lisa McLin and her husband, Matthew, | ||
Sandra Callejas and her husband, Jeffrey, and Elogio Heritage, Jr., | ||
and his wife, Ruby; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of | ||
Jose Luis Saenz III. |