[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 20, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S6149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES


                  Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Munier

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I wish today to express our Nation's 
deepest thanks and gratitude to a special man and his family. I 
recently received word of the untimely death of LTC Charles Munier of 
Wheatland, WY, while serving his country in the war on terrorism. 
Lieutenant Colonel Munier passed away on Monday, June 12, 2006, at 
Walter Reed Hospital following a stroke suffered while serving in 
Afghanistan where he was helping to train the Afghan army.
  Lieutenant Colonel Munier served in Wyoming National Guard as 
facilities manager for Camp Guernsey, Wyoming's training center for 
both Guard and Active-Duty military. He is remembered by his brother 
soldiers as a pivotal member of the Camp Guernsey staff and an 
outstanding officer who took his duties as a citizen soldier very 
seriously. In his civilian life, Lieutenant Colonel Munier worked for 
the Platte County Sheriff's Office as the jail administrator.
  Lieutenant Colonel Munier epitomized the ethos of the citizen 
soldier. He did not hesitate to put down the plowshare and pick up the 
rifle when his country needed him. It is because of people like Charles 
Munier that we continue to live safe and free. America's men and women 
who answer the call of service and wear our Nation's uniform deserve 
respect and recognition for the enormous burden that they willingly 
bear. They put everything on the line every day, and because of these 
folks, our Nation remains free and strong in the face of danger.
  Lieutenant Colonel Munier is survived by his wife Nancy, his daughter 
Victoria Rice, and her husband Tim, and his brothers and sisters in 
arms of the Wyoming National Guard. Today we say goodbye to a husband, 
a father, and an American soldier. Our Nation pays its deepest respect 
to LTC Charles E. Munier for his courage, his love of country, and his 
sacrifice, so that we may remain free. He was a hero in life, and he 
remains a hero in death. All of Wyoming and, indeed, the entire Nation 
are proud of him.

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