[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 95 (Monday, July 12, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               TRIBUTE TO ARMY LIEUTENANT ROBERT COLVILL

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                            HON. MIKE PENCE

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 12, 2004

  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, on July 8, 2004, Army Lieutenant Robert 
Colvill of Anderson, Indiana, lost his life while fighting to defend 
America and liberate Iraq. He and three other soldiers died as a result 
of wounds suffered during a terrorist car bombing and mortar attack.
  Mr. Colvill was a hero who believed in this great nation. In the 
ninth grade, he determined that he would serve his country in the 
Marine Corps. And so, after graduating from Madison Heights High School 
in 1991, he joined the Marines. He then retired after 8 years of 
service having become a Sergeant. But his passion for fighting for his 
country was too much to ignore and Mr. Colvill enlisted in the United 
States Army after only a year as a civilian.
  I think Mayor Kevin Smith of Anderson, Indiana said it best, stating, 
``Soldiers such as Lieutenant Colvill exemplify the best of the United 
States of America; men and women of ideals and who are unafraid to 
fight for freedom for themselves, their country and other peoples of 
the world.''
  Mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Robert Colvill is a hero whose service and 
sacrifice brought freedom to 25 million Iraqis. Memory of his sacrifice 
will forever be emblazoned on the hearts of two grateful nations.
  I offer my deepest condolences to his wife, Chris; his two sons, 
Zachary and Travis; his stepdaughter, Suzanne; his father, Robert 
Colvill; his mother, Anita Walker; his stepfather, Danny Walker; his 
sister, Angela Seward; his sister, Melanie Watkins-Smith; and his 
brother-in-law, Barton Smith.

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