[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 128 (Tuesday, November 14, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2029]
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            IN RECOGNITION OF CORPORAL BRADFORD HOWARD PAYNE

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 14, 2006

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, Corporal Bradford Howard Payne, 
24, of Montgomery, Alabama, died on October 6, 2006 in Iraq. Corporal 
Payne was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd 
Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North 
Carolina, and according to initial reports was killed in combat 
operations against enemy forces. His survivors include his wife Erin; 
and his mother and father Carol and W.H. Payne of Pike Road, Alabama.
  Corporal Payne was a loving husband and was on his third deployment 
remaining patriotic and wanting to serve his country. 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. Corporal Payne 
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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