[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S560-S561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 217--TO DESIGNATE THE FIRST FRIDAY IN MAY 1996 AS 
                    ``AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE DAY''

  Mrs. KASSEBAUM submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 217

       Whereas the American Foreign Service was established in 
     1924 and some 11,600 men and women now serve with the foreign 
     affairs agencies of the United States at home and abroad;
       Whereas the diplomatic, consular, communications, trade, 
     development, and numerous other functions these men and women 
     perform constitute the first and most cost-effective line of 
     defense of our Nation by protecting and promoting United 
     States interests abroad;
       Whereas the men and women of the American Foreign Service 
     are increasingly exposed to risks and danger to themselves 
     and their families, even in times of peace, and many have 
     died in the service of their country;
       Whereas in this uncertain post-Cold War era, an ever-
     vigilant American Foreign Service remains essential to the 
     strategic, political, and economic well-being of this Nation 
     by strengthening the United States' relations with other 
     countries and promoting a safer, more peaceful world;
       Whereas the United States Government's foreign affairs 
     agencies and the American Foreign Service Association have 
     observed Foreign Service Day on the first Friday in May for 
     many years; and
       Whereas it is both appropriate and just for the country as 
     a whole to recognize the dedication of the men and women of 
     the American Foreign Service and to honor those who have 
     given their lives in the loyal pursuit of their duties and 
     responsibilities representing the interests of the United 
     States of America and of its citizens: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commend the men and women who have served or are 
     presently serving in the American Foreign Service for their 
     dedicated and important service to country;
       (2) honor those in the American Foreign Service who have 
     given their lives in the line of duty; and
       (3) designate the first Friday in May 1996 as ``American 
     Foreign Service Day''.

     The President is authorized and requested to issue a 
     proclamation calling upon the people of the United States and 
     the Federal, State, and local administrators to observe the 
     day with the appropriate programs, ceremonies, and 
     activities.

  Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, today I am submitting legislation to 
acknowledge the important work and great sacrifice of the men and women 
of the American Foreign Service. By passing this resolution, the Senate 
will commend these dedicated public servants for their important 
service to our country, honor those killed in the line of duty, and 
seek broader recognition this year of American Foreign Service Day.
  For many years, the U.S. Government's foreign affairs agencies and 
the American Foreign Service Association have jointly sponsored a 
Foreign Service Day observance during which new names are added to the 
memorial plaque in the Department of State honoring those ``who have 
died under heroic or inspirational circumstances'' while serving our 
country abroad. This ceremony has been held within the walls of the 
State Department. This year, I believe that we as a Nation should join 
in this observance, just as we join together to honor our military 
personnel on Armed Forces Day and Veterans Day.
  The memorial plaque contains the names of 171 brave Americans who 
have died in service to our country at posts abroad. I ask unanimous 
consent that a list of these names be printed in the Record. Later this 
year, the names of the three American negotiators who were killed last 
fall in search of peace in Bosnia will be added to that plaque. All of 
us were deeply moved by the tragic sacrifice of Ambassador Robert 
Frasure, Assistant Secretary of Defense Joseph J. Kruzel, and Col. S. 
Nelson Drew.
  We have many debates in this body that involve the American Foreign 
Service. In the past year, we have debated its structure, we have 
reduced its funding, we have seen Foreign Service officers unpaid or 
kept from work because of partial Government shutdowns, and we have 
been slow to act on many Foreign Service nominees. Each of these 
actions has its own purpose, but I worry that the cumulative effect may 
well be to send a signal to our Foreign Service officers that the U.S. 
Senate doubts the importance of their work. Nothing could be further 
from the truth. With this legislation, I hope the Senate will send a 
clear message that, whatever our views on the difficult policy matters 
that affect America's overseas presence, we all stand firmly behind the 
important work of America's dedicated Foreign Service officers, and we 
recognize the undeniable importance of their work.
  In the coming year, I hope to explore steps we may take to strengthen 
our Foreign Service. I believe we need to act to ensure that we are 
recruiting and retaining the very best people that our country has to 
offer, and I hope to work with the Foreign Service community and my 
colleagues to identify ways in which the Senate can help. For many 
people around the world, the men and women of the American Foreign 
Service are the faces of America.
  I, for one, believe America owes these men and women a debt of 
gratitude.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

Americans Who Have Lost Their Lives Under Heroic or Other Inspirational 
Circumstances While Serving the U.S. Government and the American People 
                       Abroad in Foreign Affairs

(Names are listed not chronologically but as placed on State Department 
                           memorial plaques)

       William Palfrey: Lost at sea, 1780.
       Joel Barlow: Exposure, Zarnowice, 1812.
       Richard C. Anderson: Yellow Fever, Cartagena, Colombia, 
     1823.
       Nathaniel G. Ingraham, Jr.: Fever, Tampico, Mexico, 1824.
       Harris E. Fudger: Murdered, Bogota, Colombia, 1825.
       James A. Holden: Lost at sea, 1827.
       John S. Meircken: Lost at sea, 1832.
       William Shaler: Cholera, Havana, Cuba, 1833.
       William S. Sparks: Cholera, Venice, Italy, 1849.
       Thomas T. Turner: Epidemic, Bahia, 1849.
       Thomas I. Morgan: Yellow fever, Rio De Janeiro, 1850.
       
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       Hardy M. Burton: Yellow fever, St. Thomas, 1852.
       George R. Dwyer: Coast fever, Mozambique, 1854.
       Beverly L. Clarke: Tropical fever, Guatemala, 1860.
       Isaac S. McMicken: Yellow fever, Acapulco, Mexico, 1860.
       George True: Smallpox, Funchal, 1862.
       Edward W. Gardner: Lost at sea, 1863.
       Charles G. Hannah: Yellow fever, Demerara, 1864.
       Abraham Hanson: African fever, Monrovia, Liberia, 1866.
       Hiram R. Hawkins: Epidemic, Tumbez, Peru, 1866.
       Allen A. Hall: Epidemic, La Paz, Bolivia, 1867.
       H.E. Peck: Yellow fever, Haiti, 1867.
       James Wilson: Yellow fever, Venezuela, 1867.
       James H. McColley: Yellow fever, Callao, 1869.
       William Stedman: Yellow fever, Santiago, Cuba, 1869.
       Charles E. Perry: Epidemic, Aspinwall, Colombia, 1872.
       Thomas Biddle: Epidemic, Guayaquil, 1875.
       John F. Flint: Drowned saving life, La Union, El Salvador, 
     1875.
       Philip Clayton: Yellow fever, Callao, 1877.
       Henry H. Garnet: African fever, Monrovia, 1882.
       Jesse H. Moore: Yellow fever, Callao, 1883.
       David T. Bunker: Yellow fever, Demerara, 1888.
       Victor F.W. Stanwood: Murdered, Madagascar, 1888.
       William D. McCoy: Fever, Monrovia, Liberia, 1893.
       John R. Meade: Yellow fever, Santo Domingo, 1894.
       Alexander L. Pollock: Yellow fever, San Salvador, 1894.
       Frederick Munchmeyer: Yellow fever, San Salvador, 1895.
       John B. Gorman: Malignant malaria, Matamoros, Mexico, 1896.
       Albert S. Willis: Malaria, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1897.
       Rounsevelle Wildman: Lost at sea, 1901.
       Thomas T. Prentis: Volcanic eruption, Martinique, 1902.
       Amedee Testart: Volcanic eruption, Martinique, 1902.
       Thomas Nast: Yellow fever, Guayaquil, 1902.
       William F. Havemeyer: Cholera, Bassorah, Turkey, 1904.
       Philip Carroll: Fever, Manzanillo, Mexico, 1906.
       Benjamin H. Ridgely: Exhaustion, Mexico City, 1908.
       Arthur A. Cheney: Earthquake, Messina, 1908.
       John W. Gourley: Smallpox, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 1910.
       Theodore C. Hamm: Smallpox, Durango, Mexico, 1914.
       Robert N. McNeely: Lost at sea, 1915.
       Charles P. McKiernan: Smallpox, Chungkiang, China, 1916.
       Charles F. Brissel: Cholera, Baghdad, 1916.
       Alfred L.M. Gottschalk: Lost at sea, 1918.
       Maddin Summers: Exhaustion, Moscow, 1918.
       John D. O'Rear: Smallpox, La Paz, Bolivia, 1918.
       Luther K. Zabriskie: Smallpox, Aguas Calientes, Mexico, 
     1921.
       Carl R. Loop: Saving life, Catania, 1923.
       Max D. Kirjassof: Earthquake, Yokohama, Japan, 1923.
       Paul E. Jenks: Earthquake, Yokohama, Japan, 1923.
       Clarence C. Woolard: Epidemic, Cape Haitien, Haiti, 1923.
       Robert W. Imbrie: Murdered, Teheran, Persia, 1924.
       William T. Francis: Yellow fever, Liberia, 1929.
       William I. Jackson: Drowned attempting to save life, 
     Matanzas, Cuba, 1930.
       John T. Wainwright: Drowned attempting to save life, 
     Matanzas, Cuba, 1930.
       G. Russell Taggart: Hurricane, Belize, British Honduras, 
     1931.
       J. Theodore Marriner: Murdered, Beirut, Syria, 1937.
       John M. Slaughter: Earthquake, Guayaquil, 1942.
       Thomas C. Wasson: Shot by sniper, Jerusalem, 1948.
       Douglas S. Mackieman: Killed by gunfire, Tibet, 1950.
       Robert Lee Mikels: Burned attempting to save life, Pusan, 
     Korea, 1951.
       David LeBreton, Jr.: Drowned saving lives, Tunis, 1953.
       William P. Boteler: Killed by grenade, Nicosia, Cyprus, 
     1956.
       Robert A. McKinnon: Tropical disease, Ouagadougou, 1961.
       Barbara A. Robbins: Killed in bombing of Embassy, Saigon, 
     Vietnam, 1965.
       Joseph W. Grainger: Murdered, Vietnam, 1965.
       Joseph R. Rupley: Killed by gunfire, Caracas, Venezuela, 
     1965.
       Dolph B. Owens: Vietnam, 1960.
       Jack J. Wells: Vietnam, 1965.
       Norman L. Clowers: Vietnam, 1966.
       William D. Smith III: Vietnam, 1966.
       Don M. Sjostrom: Laos, 1967.
       John R. McLean: Laos, 1967.
       Robert K. Franzblau: Vietnam, 1967.
       Dwight Hall Owen, Jr.: Vietnam, 1967.
       Carroll H. Pender: Vietnam, 1967
       Frederick J. Abramson: Vietnam, 1968.
       Thomas M. Gompertz: Vietnam, 1968.
       John T. McCarthy: Vietnam, 1968.
       Kermit J. Krause: Vietnam, 1968.
       Jeffrey S. Lundstedt: Vietnam, 1968.
       Robert R. Little: Vietnam, 1968.
       Stephen H. Miller: Vietnam, 1968.
       Hugh C. Lobit: Vietnam, 1968.
       Richard A. Schenk: Vietnam, 1968.
       Michael Murphy: Vietnam, 1968.
       John Gordon Mein: Guatemala, 1968.
       George B. Gaines: Vietnam, 1969.
       Robert P. Perry: Jordan, 1970.
       Dan A. Mitrione: Uruguay, 1970.
       Cleo Allen Noel, Jr.: Sudan, 1973.
       George Curtis Moore: Sudan, 1973.
       Everett D. Reese: Vietnam, 1955.
       Thomas W. Ragsdale: Vietnam, 1967.
       Donald V. Freeman: Vietnam, 1967.
       Albert A. Farkas: Vietnam, 1968.
       Robert W. Brown, Jr.: Vietnam, 1968.
       Robert W. Hubbard: Vietnam, 1968.
       Joseph B. Smith: Vietnam, 1970.
       Rudolph Kaiser: Vietnam, 1972.
       John Paul Vann: Vietnam, 1972.
       John S. Patterson: Mexico, 1974.
       Rodger P. Davis: Cyprus, 1974.
       James C. Marshall: Vietnam, 1968.
       Steven A. Haukness: Vietnam, 1968.
       Charles W. Turberville: Cambodia, 1971.
       John Patrick Egan: Argentina, 1975.
       Charles McMahon: Vietnam, 1975.
       Darwin L. Judge: Vietnam, 1975.
       Francis E. Meloy, Jr.: Beirut, 1976.
       Robert O. Warning: Beirut, 1976.
       Adolph Dubs: Kabul, 1979.
       Steven J. Crowley: Islamabad, 1979.
       Bryan L. Ellis: Islamabad, 1979.
       Charles Robert Ray: Paris, 1982.
       Robert C. Ames: Beirut, 1983.
       Thomas R. Blacka: Beirut, 1983.
       Phyliss N. Faraci: Beirut, 1983.
       Terry L. Gilden: Beirut, 1983.
       Kenneth E. Haas: Beirut, 1983.
       Deborah M. Hixon: Beirut, 1983.
       Frank J. Johnston: Beirut, 1983.
       James F. Lewis: Beirut, 1983.
       Monique Lewis: Beirut, 1983.
       William R. McIntyre: Beirut, 1983.
       Robert V. McMaugh: Beirut, 1983.
       William R. Sheil: Beirut, 1983.
       Albert N. Votaw: Beirut, 1983.
       George Tsantos: Athens, 1983.
       Leamon R. Hunt: Rome, 1984.
       Kenneth G. Crabtree: Namibia, 1984.
       Dennis Whyte Keogh: Namibia, 1984.
       A. A. Schaufelberger III: San Salvador, 1983.
       Charles F. Soper: New Delhi, 1983.
       Michael Ray Wagner: Beirut, 1984.
       Kenneth V. Welch: Beirut, 1984.
       Charles F. Hegna: Tehran, 1984.
       William L. Stanford: Tehran, 1984.
       Enrique Camarena: Guadalajara, 1985.
       Vieginia Warfield: New Delhi, 1983.
       Bobby Joe Dickson: San Salvador, 1985.
       Thomas T. Handwork: San Salvador, 1985.
       Patrick R. Kwiatkowski: San Salvador, 1985.
       Gregory H. Weber: San Salvador, 1985.
       Laurence A. Steinhardt: Ottawa, 1950.
       William F. Buckley: Beirut, 1985.
       William E. Nordeen: Athens, 1988.
       Arnold L. Raphel: Pakistan, 1988.
       Herbert M. Wassom: Pakistan, 1988.
       Matthew K. Gannon: Scotland, 1988.
       Ronald A. Lariviere: Scotland, 1988.
       Daniel E. O'Conner: Scotland, 1988.
       James N. Rowe: Philippines, 1989.
       John A. Butler: Grenada, 1989.
       Gladys D. Gilbert: Ethiopia, 1989.
       Robert W. Woods: Ethiopia, 1989.
       Thomas J. Worrick: Ethiopia, 1989.
       Freddie R. Woodruff: Georgia, 1993.
       Barbara L. Schell: Iraq, 1994.
       Barry S. Castiglione: El Salvador, 1992.
       Gary C. Durell: Pakistan, 1995.
       Jacqueline K. Van: Landingham, Pakistan 1995.
       As of 1/25/96, there are 171 names listed.

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