[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 25, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H5820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REMEMBERING ARMY SPECIALIST ORENTHIAL J. SMITH

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in sadness to 
report the third death that has touched the Second District of South 
Carolina during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Twenty-one-year-old Specialist 
Orenthial J. Smith paid the ultimate sacrifice in the war against 
terrorism when he was killed during an ambush on his convoy south of 
Baghdad on Sunday. He was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, and lived 
in nearby Martin in Allendale County.
  O.J. joined the United States Army shortly after graduating from high 
school with the intent on making the military his lifelong career. 
Stationed in Dexheim, Germany, with the 123rd Maintenance Support 
Battalion, Specialist Smith was a leader with a great potential. While 
in Germany, he graduated ninth out of 127 from a leadership development 
course.
  I ask all of my colleagues to join me in extending to O.J.'s family 
our most sincere thanks for their son's sacrifice and commitment to 
bringing liberty and freedom to the oppressed people of Iraq while 
protecting the American public in the war against terrorism.
  In conclusion, may God bless our troops.

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