[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7544-S7545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4074. Mr. HAWLEY (for himself and Mr. Blunt) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X of division A, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 10__. HONORING MISSOURIANS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE 
                   SACRIFICE IN AFGHANISTAN.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz of 
     Wentzville, Missouri, was a dear and loving son, brother, and 
     friend, who sought constantly to lift those around him and 
     care for others in need;
       (2) Lance Corporal Schmitz was a devoted patriot who knew 
     that he wanted to serve in the Marine Corps by his sophomore 
     year of high school and trained relentlessly on his own 
     initiative so that he might one day wear the Eagle, Globe, 
     and Anchor;
       (3) Lance Corporal Schmitz enlisted in the Marine Corps 
     before his 18th birthday and went on to serve with gallantry 
     as a Marine Corps infantryman, upholding the standards and 
     traditions of all the brave service members from the State of 
     Missouri who came before him;
       (4) Lance Corporal Schmitz went to Kabul, Afghanistan, in 
     August 2021 and, despite the risks, demonstrated heroic 
     commitment to supporting the evacuation of citizens of the 
     United States, allies of the United States, partners of the 
     United States, and innocent civilians;
       (5) on August 26, 2021, at just 20 years of age, while 
     serving alongside his fellow citizens to provide safe passage 
     to those in need, Lance Corporal Schmitz made the ultimate 
     sacrifice at the international airport in Kabul, giving his 
     life so that others might live; and
       (6) Lance Corporal Schmitz was the last of the 56 
     Missourians who made the ultimate sacrifice as part of 
     Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom's Sentinel 
     and whose names shall not be forgotten, including--
       (A) Christopher Michael Allgaier;
       (B) Michael Chad Bailey;
       (C) Michael Joe Beckerman;
       (D) Brian Jay Bradbury;
       (E) Paul Douglas Carron;
       (F) Jacob Russell Carver;
       (G) Joseph Brian Cemper;
       (H) Robert Keith Charlton;
       (I) Richard Michael Crane;
       (J) Robert Wayne Crow, Jr.;
       (K) Justin Eric Culbreth;
       (L) Robert Gene Davis;
       (M) Edward Fred Dixon III;
       (N) Jason David Fingar;
       (O) James Matthew Finley;
       (P) Zachary Michael Fisher;
       (Q) Jacob Rudeloff Fleischer;
       (R) Blake Wade Hall;
       (S) Nicholas Joel Hand;
       (T) James Warren Harrison, Jr.;
       (U) Jonathon Michael Dean Hostetter;
       (V) James Roger Ide V;
       (W) Issac Brandon Jackson;
       (X) Christopher M. Katzenberger;
       (Y) Jeremy Andrew Katzenberger;
       (Z) William Jo Kerwood;
       (AA) Daniel Leon Kisling, Jr.;
       (BB) Denis Deleon Kisseloff;
       (CC) Donald Matthew Marler;
       (DD) Matthew David Mason;
       (EE) Richard Lewis McNulty III;
       (FF) Bradley Louis Melton;
       (GG) James Douglas Mowris;
       (HH) Michael Robert Patton;
       (II) Joseph Michael Peters;
       (JJ) Robert Wayne Pharris;
       (KK) Ricky Linn Richardson, Jr.;
       (LL) Charles Montague Sadell;
       (MM) Charles Ray Sanders, Jr.;
       (NN) Ronald Wayne Sawyer;
       (OO) Patrick Wayne Schimmel;
       (PP) Jared Marcus Schmitz;
       (QQ) Roslyn Littman Schulte;
       (RR) Billy Joe Siercks;
       (SS) Adam Olin Smith;
       (TT) Tyler James Smith;
       (UU) Christopher Glenn Stark;
       (VV) Sean Patrick Sullivan;
       (WW) Philip James Svitak;
       (XX) Phillip David Vinnedge;
       (YY) Matthew Herbert Walker;
       (ZZ) Jeffrey Lee White, Jr.;
       (AAA) Matthew Willard Wilson;
       (BBB) Vincent Cortez Winston, Jr.;
       (CCC) Sterling William Wyatt; and
       (DDD) Gunnar William Zwilling.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz and his 
     fellow Missourians who made the ultimate sacrifice during the 
     war in Afghanistan represent the very best of the State of 
     Missouri and the United States; and
       (2) the United States honors those brave service members 
     and their families and shall never forget the services they 
     rendered and sacrifices they made in the defense of their 
     grateful Nation.

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