[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 127 (Friday, October 8, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING THE SERVICE OF U.S. MARINE LANCE CORPORAL AARON BOYLES

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 6, 2004

  Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Lance Corporal Aaron 
Boyles, a courageous young U.S. Marine from the East Bay, who was 
killed in action in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq on September 24, 
2004.
  Lance Corporal Boyles is a graduate of Newark Memorial High School. 
He enlisted in the Marine Corps where he served in the Headquarters and 
Service Company, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine 
Expeditionary Force.
  Lance Corporal Boyles performed his duties with distinction and 
valor. He was awarded the Purple Heart, a second Purple Heart is being 
recommended. He was also awarded the National Defense Service Medal, 
the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the War on Terrorism 
Expeditionary Medal.
  Today, friends and family from our community are gathering in Hayward 
to warmly remember Lance Corporal Boyles, who will be laid to rest at 
Golden Gate National Cemetery. I join them in this remembrance.
  I know all of my colleagues here in the United States Congress share 
in offering condolences to Lance Corporal Boyles' wife Prabha, who is 
expecting their first child this month, his mother Wanda Kealaiki, his 
father Robert Boyles and the rest of his family and loved ones. We 
mourn Aaron's loss with them today.
  We are grateful to Lance Corporal Boyles for his selfless sacrifice 
and courageous service to our country. He no doubt served valiantly 
through circumstances we here can only imagine. I commend his bravery 
and am grateful for the contribution Lance Corporal Aaron Boyles has 
made to our nation.

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