Bill Text: TX HR60 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of U.S. Marine Corporal Jacob Carl Leicht of Kerrville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-02 - Reported enrolled [HR60 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR60-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 60 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the heartache felt | ||
| at the loss of U.S. Marine Corporal Jacob Carl Leicht of Kerrville, | ||
| who died on May 27, 2010, at the age of 24; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance | ||
| Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force out | ||
| of Camp Pendleton, California, Corporal Leicht was serving his | ||
| second combat deployment in the Marines; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During his first deployment in Iraq in 2007, this | ||
| brave American was badly injured by a roadside bomb, and throughout | ||
| his two-and-a-half-year recovery at Brooke Army Medical Center in | ||
| San Antonio, he campaigned successfully to be allowed to return to | ||
| active duty; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A month into his second tour of duty, Corporal | ||
| Leicht was killed by a landmine while supporting combat operations | ||
| in Helmand Province in Afghanistan; he was the 1,000th American | ||
| service member to lose his life in the Afghan conflict; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in a naval hospital in Lemoore, California, on | ||
| July 4, 1985, Jacob Leicht grew up on a 130-acre ranch in the Texas | ||
| Hill Country, where he built up his strength as a young man by | ||
| chopping cedar and hiking the limestone ridges; a man of unswerving | ||
| patriotism, he rejected a full Navy ROTC scholarship at The | ||
| University of Texas at Austin for fear that he would not be assigned | ||
| to combat duty, and he enlisted in the Marines instead; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Corporal Leicht married the former Leslie Garcia in | ||
| January 2010, and they made their home at Camp Pendleton; a strong | ||
| man with a tender heart, he enjoyed watching the television show | ||
| Dora the Explorer with his brother's children; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt to our nation's | ||
| servicemen and servicewomen, whose love for their country inspires | ||
| them to take up military service, and their dedicated efforts and | ||
| enormous sacrifices are deserving of their fellow citizens' deepest | ||
| respect and gratitude; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Exemplifying the highest ideals of the U.S. armed | ||
| forces, Jacob Leicht inspired others with his commitment, | ||
| leadership, and courage; although his death has left a void in the | ||
| lives of his loved ones, they will forever carry memories of this | ||
| heroic Texan close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Marine Corporal Jacob | ||
| Carl Leicht and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his | ||
| family: to his wife, Leslie Garcia Leicht; to his parents, Craig and | ||
| Shirly Leicht; to his brothers, Jonathan Leicht and Jesse Leicht; | ||
| to his sisters, Elizabeth Leicht-Chapa, Mary Rose Leicht, and Sarah | ||
| Grace Leicht; 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 U.S. Marine | ||
| Corporal Jacob Carl Leicht. | ||
| Hilderbran | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 60 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on February 24, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
