Bill Text: TX HR115 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of U.S. Army Specialist Pedro Antonio Maldonado of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Reported enrolled [HR115 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR115-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 115 |
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the heartache felt | ||
at the loss of U.S. Army Specialist Pedro Antonio Maldonado of | ||
Houston, who died in Afghanistan on October 29, 2010, at the age of | ||
20; and | ||
WHEREAS, Assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry | ||
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, based | ||
at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Specialist Maldonado was killed in | ||
Kandalay when his unit came under attack from insurgent forces; he | ||
was serving his second tour of duty in the region; and | ||
WHEREAS, Pedro Maldonado enlisted in the army shortly after | ||
his 2007 graduation from Furr High School, where he was a member of | ||
the ROTC; his military commendations included the National Defense | ||
Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Global War on | ||
Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, and the Combat | ||
Infantry Badge; and | ||
WHEREAS, A quiet, respectful, and responsible young man, Pete | ||
Maldonado was devoted to his family and passionate about playing | ||
the guitar; he generously put aside his military earnings with the | ||
goal of buying his parents a house and assisting his father with | ||
medical expenses; and | ||
WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and | ||
women whose love for their country inspires them to take up military | ||
service, yet the tragic death of this brave young soldier is a | ||
sobering reminder of the cost of war; Specialist Pedro Maldonado | ||
embodied the highest ideals of the U.S. armed forces, and time can | ||
never diminish the poignancy of the contributions he made and the | ||
sacrifice he rendered; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of U.S. Army Specialist | ||
Pedro Antonio Maldonado and extend sincere sympathy to the members | ||
of his family: to his parents, Pedro and Maria Maldonado; to his | ||
brother and two sisters; 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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Pedro | ||
Maldonado. | ||
Woolley | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 115 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on February 24, 2011. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||