[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H9416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN MEMORY OF ARMY SERGEANT JASON PRINGLE

  (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on last Friday, October 1, my 
hometown suffered a grave loss. A paratrooper, Army Sergeant Jason 
Pringle, died while serving this country in Kosovo as part of the 
Army's elite Company A, 1-508th Airborne Battalion Combat Team. Jason, 
a 24-year-old army medic had served this Nation since his graduation 
from Palm Bay High School in 1993.
  I never had the opportunity to meet Jason, but I wish I had. He was a 
fine young man with a bright future. I, too, served in the Army in its 
medical corps, and I met many young people like Jason during my 
service, and it was always a privilege.
  It is tragic that this has happened; that the state of the world is 
such that we have to have our brave men and women all over the globe. 
It is tragic that a father has lost his son, a mother has lost her 
child.
  To Jason: Thank you for giving the greatest gift, your life, for our 
continued freedom and the freedom of others.

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