[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H4375-H4376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
HONORING AMERICA'S FALLEN IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Emanuel) is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, we recently marked a sad milestone in the
war in Iraq, as the number of Americans fallen surpassed 2,500. We owe
it to each of these families to do everything we can to honor the debt
of gratitude we owe them, a debt that can never be fully repaid.
Over the past year, I have led 20 other Members of Congress from both
parties in reading the names of the fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan into
the Congressional Record.
In the words of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, each of these
heroes stands in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die
that freedom might live and grow and increase in its blessing.
God bless and keep each of the brave Americans whose memory we honor
today: 1. 1st Lieutenant Benjamin T. Britt. 2. Specialist Cheyenne C.
Willey. 3. Sergeant Regina C. Reali. 4. Master Sergeant Joseph J.
Andres, Jr. 5. Sergeant Myla L. Maravillosa. 6. Specialist Anthony O.
Cardinal. 7. Specialist Sergio Gudino. 8. Specialist Dane O. Carver. 9.
Chief Warrant Officer Isaias E. Santos. 10. Chief Warrant Officer
Richard Matthew Salter. 11. Sergeant Dominic R. Coles. 12. Private
Joshua M. Morberg. 13. Specialist Lance S. Sage. 14. Specialist Aaron
M. Forbes. 15. Private 1st Class George Anthony Lutz II. 16. Specialist
Prince K. Teewia. 17. Staff Sergeant Ayman A. Taha. 18. Private
Jonathan R. Pfender. 19. Sergeant 1st Class Shawn Christopher Dostie.
20. Sergeant Marce-
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lino Ronald Corniel. 21. Sergeant 1st Class Jason Lee Bishop. 22. Staff
Sergeant Christopher J. Vanderhorn. 23. Lance Corporal Ryan S. McCurdy.
24. Corporal Albert Pasquale Gettings. 25. Specialist Ryan D. Walker.
26. Sergeant Jason Lopezreyes. 27. Lieutenant Colonel Michael E.
McLaughlin. 28. Sergeant Adam Leigh Cann. 29. Private Robbie M.
Mariano. 30. Sergeant Johnny J. Peralez, Jr. 31. Sergeant 1st Class
Stephen J. White. 32. Captain Christopher P. Petty. 33. Major William
F. Hecker III. 34. Corporal Brett L. Lundstrom. 35. Lance Corporal
Jeriad P. Jacobs. 36. Lance Corporal Kyle W. Brown. 37. Sergeant
Radhames Camilomatos. 38. Specialist Clinton R. Upchurch. 39.
Specialist Robert T. Johnson. 40. Sergeant Nathan R. Field. 41.
Civilian Darren D. Braswell. 42. 1st Lieutenant Joseph D. deMoors. 43.
Major Douglas A. LaBouff. 44. Major Michael R. Martinez. 45. Major
Stuart M. Anderson. 46. Specialist Jacob E. Melson. 47. Specialist
Michael I. Edwards. 48. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Chester W. Troxel. 49.
1st Lieutenant Jaime L. Campbell. 50. Lance Corporal Jason T. Little.
51. Lance Corporal Raul Mercado. 52. Sergeant Michael Joseph McMullen.
53. Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Anthony Jordan. 54. Lance Corporal
Jonathan Kyle Price. 55. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle E. Jackson. 56.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mitchell K. Carver, Jr. 57. Corporal Justin J.
Watts. 58. Specialist Dustin L. Kendall. 59. Private 1st Class Kasper
Allen Dudkiewicz. 60. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ruel M. Garcia.
This brings our total to 1,957 names read.
Mr. Speaker, I would also like to recognize and thank the brave men
and women who continue to serve our Nation with distinction in Iraq,
Afghanistan and throughout the world.
Our thoughts, our prayers are with you and your families both during
your service and after you come home.
God bless America.
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