[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 102 (Friday, July 28, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1577]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO PFC. KRISTIAN MENCHACA

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 28, 2006

  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Army Pfc. Kristian 
Menchaca, of the 101st Airborne of the United States Army, who was 
kidnapped and murdered by Iraqi insurgents on June 16th in Yusufiyah, 
Iraq.
  Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca was born on May 29th, 1983, in Houston, 
TX, and moved to Brownsville with his mother, Maria Guadalupe Vasquez, 
when he was a young boy. He attended Gary Job Corps center in San 
Marcos, TX, where he completed the correctional officers training 
program in six months and earned a certificate. He married his wife, 
Christina, three weeks before he joined the United States Army with the 
goal of using his military experience to become a Border Patrol agent. 
Pfc. Menchaca will be forever remembered for his service in protecting 
the freedoms and ideals of our country and I extend my condolences to 
his family, and to his wife, Christina.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have had this time to recognize the 
service of Pfc. Kristian Menchaca in the United States Army, and I 
thank you for this time.

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