[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 96 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E906-E907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         SERGEANT FIRST CLASS WILLIAM B. WOODS, JR. POST OFFICE

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                               speech of

                        HON. BLAINE LUETKEMEYER

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 15, 2015

  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my 
legislation, H.R. 728, which would designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 7050 Highway BB in Cedar Hill, 
Missouri as the ``Sergeant First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post 
Office.''
  SFC Woods was a decorated constituent of the Third district of 
Missouri who dedicated his life to protecting our country. After 
graduation from Northwest High School in Cedar Hill, Missouri, he first 
enlisted with the United States Marine Corps in 1996 as a rifleman, and 
later enlisted in the United States Army where he attended the Special 
Forces Qualification Course in 2003 and earned the Green Beret. While 
in the U.S. Army, SFC Woods was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th 
Special Forces Group (Airborne) and deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 
during Operation Enduring Freedom.
  On August 16, 2009, SFC Woods died in Germany from wounds sustained 
while conducting a mounted patrol in the Ghazni Province, Afghanistan 
on August 14, 2009. He is survived by his loving wife, Elizabeth, and 
two daughters.
  SFC Woods' many awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, 
Purple Heart

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Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement 
Medal, National Defense Medal, and Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 
Bronze Service Star, among many others.
  I am honored to name this post office after SFC Woods. His dedication 
and sacrifices for our country should not go unnoticed, and it is the 
least I can do to honor such a courageous soldier.
  I want to thank the entire Missouri Delegation for coming together to 
cosponsor this legislation, and Chairman Chaffetz for promptly 
considering this legislation in the House Oversight and Government 
Reform Committee. It would be an honor to name the Cedar Hill post 
office in my district after this courageous soldier, and I urge my 
colleagues to support this legislation.

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