[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 77 (Friday, June 4, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1043]
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                             FALLEN HEROES

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                               speech of

                            HON. DAVE WELDON

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 20, 2004

  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate the life 
and service of Edward Jason Korn, a Captain with the U.S. Army, who 
lost his life in Iraq on April 3, 2003, while involved in a combat 
action approximately 15 miles South of Baghdad.
  Captain Korn honorably served his country as an enlisted member for 
several years before attending college, obtaining his degree and his 
commission. Korn was a member of the 3rd Infantry Division assigned to 
the Headquarters Company, 4/64th Task Force, 2nd Brigade. His service 
included duty in Desert Storm.
  Known by his fellow soldiers as a ``can do'' officer, he had only 
been with his unit in Iraq for six days before his death. He had 
volunteered for an assignment to the elite task force and he quickly 
gained the admiration of his commanders and his men. He gave his life 
defending and protecting the United States from terrorism and bringing 
freedom and democracy to the people of Iraq who have only known 
tyranny.
  Captain Korn is survived by his father, Richard Korn of Malabar, 
Florida, his mother, Sally Davenport of Trenton, Ohio, and his 
stepmother Annette Hale of Savannah, Georgia.
  President Lincoln once wrote that as a nation we should ``have faith 
that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to 
do our duty.'' Jason dared to do his duty and in so doing he gave the 
ultimate sacrifice for our continued freedom. We owe him a debt of 
gratitude that can never be repaid.

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