[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 129 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING A NEW JERSEY FALLEN SOLDIER--STAFF SERGEANT TIMOTHY RAYMOND 
                                 MCGILL

  (Mr. GARRETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GARRETT. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, September 21, New Jersey and 
our Nation lost a true hero. Staff Sergeant Timothy Raymond McGill was 
killed in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
  After graduating from Ramsey High School in 2001, Staff Sergeant 
McGill joined the Marines and later deployed to Iraq. In 2008, he 
joined the Rhode Island National Guard, basically to chase his dream of 
joining Special Forces. Then, in 2011, Staff Sergeant McGill was made a 
weapons sergeant and was most recently assigned to A Company, 2nd 
Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, Army National Guard, in 
Middletown, Rhode Island.
  In between these deployments, Staff Sergeant McGill volunteered at 
the Ramsey Fire Department back home in the State of New Jersey. You 
see, Staff Sergeant McGill was always committed to his community and to 
this country. He was truly one of the best and the brightest of the 
Fifth Congressional District.
  My prayers are with the family of Staff Sergeant McGill.

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