[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 443 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 443

  Honoring Private First Class Kristian Menchaca, Private First Class 
Thomas L. Tucker, and Specialist David J. Babineau, United States Army, 
  for their sacrifice in June 2006 while serving the United States in 
                        Operation Iraqi Freedom.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2006

   Mr. Walden of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
 Neugebauer, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. 
   Blackburn, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, and Mr. Reyes) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring Private First Class Kristian Menchaca, Private First Class 
Thomas L. Tucker, and Specialist David J. Babineau, United States Army, 
  for their sacrifice in June 2006 while serving the United States in 
                        Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Whereas on June 16, 2006, three members of the United States Army, Private First 
        Class Kristian Menchaca, Private First Class Thomas L. Tucker, and 
        Specialist David J. Babineau, of B Company, lst Battalion, 502nd 
        Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, 
        Kentucky, were manning a checkpoint in Yusufiya, Iraq, a town regarded 
        as one of the most hostile environments in all of Iraq;
Whereas during a small arms attack on the checkpoint, Specialist Babineau was 
        killed;
Whereas when a quick reaction force arrived at the checkpoint, Private First 
        Class Menchaca and Private First Class Tucker could not be found, 
        resulting in their status being listed as ``Duty Status Whereabouts 
        Unknown'';
Whereas the possibility that the two soldiers had been captured reminded all 
        Americans that Sergeant Keith M. (Matt) Maupin, assigned to the 724th 
        Transportation Company, United States Army Reserve, Bartonville, 
        Illinois, was seized as the result of actions of unfriendly military or 
        paramilitary forces on April 9, 2004, and continues to be held captive;
Whereas Army units and Iraqi police and military forces conducted unrelenting 
        search operations, using every available resource, in attempting to find 
        Private First Class Menchaca and Private First Class Tucker until 
        remains believed to be those of Private First Class Menchaca and Private 
        First Class Tucker were spotted near Yusufiya on June 19, 2006;
Whereas United States forces could not immediately recover the remains because 
        of numerous bombs that had been hidden on the road leading to their 
        location and in the area of the bodies; and
Whereas because of the condition of the bodies, those remains could not 
        immediately be conclusively identified as those of Private First Class 
        Menchaca and Private First Class Tucker, but on June 22, 2006, they were 
        determined by the Department of Defense to be those of the two missing 
        soldiers: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That Congress--
            (1) recognizes and honors the service, courage, and 
        sacrifice of Private First Class Kristian Menchaca, of 
        Brownsville, Texas, Private First Class Thomas L. Tucker, of 
        Madras, Oregon, and Specialist David J. Babineau, of 
        Springfield, Massachusetts, all of B Company, lst Battalion, 
        502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 
        Fort Campbell, Kentucky, who died in Yusufiya, Iraq, in June 
        2006;
            (2) will never forget the barbaric treatment of Private 
        First Class Menchaca and Private First Class Tucker at the 
        hands of the enemy;
            (3) remembers that Sergeant Keith M. (Matt) Maupin, of 
        Batavia, Ohio, continues to be held captive by the enemy;
            (4) calls upon every American to pause and pay tribute to 
        these brave soldiers; and
            (5) extends its continued sympathies to the families of 
        those who died and its continued support to the family of 
        Sergeant Maupin until his safe return.
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