[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 14, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IN RECOGNITION OF CHARLES T. WILKERSON

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 14, 2005

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, Sergeant Charles T. Wilkerson, 
30, originally of Columbus, Georgia, died on May 22, 2005, in Iraq. 
Sergeant Wilkerson was assigned to the Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry 
Regiment of Fort Carson, Colorado, and according to initial reports was 
killed when an unknown ordnance detonated. His survivors include his 
wife Whitney and his two children; his mother Tomasa Goodwin of 
Columbus; and his father, Thomas Wilkerson of Phenix City, Alabama.
  Charles Wilkeson was a proud father and had been a member of both the 
Marine Corps and the Army, Mr. Speaker. He had a strong faith in God, 
and like all soldiers 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 Wilkerson 
died serving not just the United States, but the entire cause of 
liberty, on a noble mission to help spread the cause of freedom in Iraq 
and liberate an oppressed people from tyrannical rule He was a true 
American.
  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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