[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 131 (Tuesday, November 16, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1970]
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                 IN RECOGNITION OF CHARLES JOSEPH WEBB

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 16, 2004

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, SGT Charles Joseph Webb, 22, of 
Hamilton, Ohio, died on November 3, 2004 in Iraq. Sergeant Webb was an 
engineer with the A Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry 
Division of Bamberg, Germany, and was killed when the armored personnel 
carrier he was riding in was struck by an explosive device. He is 
survived by his wife Stephanie, as well as his parents Joe and Barbara 
Webb of Alexandria, Alabama.
  Sergeant Webb was eager to serve his country, Mr. Speaker, and 
dreamed of one day becoming an elementary school teacher. He attended 
school in the Saks area as a young boy and married his high school 
sweetheart after moving to Ohio. Like every other soldier, he dutifully 
left behind his family and loved ones to serve our country overseas.
  Words cannot express the sense of sadness we have for his family, and 
for the gratitude our country feels for his service. Sergeant Webb died 
serving not just the United States, but the entire cause of liberty, on 
a mission to help spread the cause of freedom in Iraq and liberate an 
oppressed people from tyrannical rule.
  We will forever hold him closely in our hearts, and remember his 
sacrifice and that of his family as a remembrance of his bravery and 
willingness to serve.
  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the House's remembrance on this mournful 
day.

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