[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 49 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   IN MEMORIAM: CADET MARK C. DOSTAL

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                         HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 15, 1995
  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, it brings me great sadness to pay final 
tribute to Cadet 2nd Class Mark C. Dostal who was killed on Wednesday, 
February 22, 1995, near Ramah, CO while on a flight training mission. 
The young Cadet, who I was honored to nominate in 1992 for the U.S. Air 
Force Academy in Colorado Springs, was in his junior year and had 
recently begun the flight screening program.
  Mr. Dostal graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, CA in 
1992, and in June of that year started pursuing his love of flying when 
he began at the Academy. His mother, Mrs. Shirley Dostal, confirms that 
from an early age his dream was to fly.
  At the Academy, Cadet Dostal majored in behavioral sciences and was 
honored twice on the Superintendent's, Dean's and athletics lists. He 
was expected to graduate in May 1996.
  Mr. Speaker, in honor of his memory, I invite my colleagues to join 
me as I offer condolences to his loving parents, Shirley and Don 
Dostal, his sister, Kristin Dostal, and to his countless friends and 
relatives. Though he will be greatly missed, his memory will live on as 
a source of great inspiration for generations to come.


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