[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 139 (Friday, August 25, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E795-E796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING SERGEANT PAUL R. DAW

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                         HON. ELISE M. STEFANIK

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 25, 2023

  Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and service 
of Sergeant Paul R. Daw, a Vietnam War veteran and upstanding 
constituent of New York's 21st District.
  Paul was raised in Long Island, New York. After graduating high 
school, he joined the United States Army, serving for 2 years in the 
Vietnam War from July 1969 to May 1971. Sergeant Daw was stationed in 
Vietnam as an Eleven-Bravo infantryman alongside his fellow men with 
the 1st Cavalry Division, Ranger Company A.
  For his service, Sergeant Daw was highly decorated. Upon his 
honorable discharge in 1971, Sergeant Daw earned a Bronze Star with 2 
oak leaf clusters, a Purple Heart with an oak leaf cluster, the Vietnam 
Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Combat 
Infantry Badge, the Army Accommodation Medal for Valor, and the Good 
Conduct Medal.
  After returning home to Long Island from Vietnam, Sergeant Daw joined 
the New York Police Department, where he served for 21 and a half years 
as an officer of the law. Off the force, Sergeant Daw also supported 
his community as a volunteer firefighter until his retirement from the 
NYPD in 2003, at which time he moved upstate to the North Country.
  In his retirement, Sergeant Daw has taken time to focus on his family 
life. He and his wife

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Jean have been happily married for 16 years, in the company of his 
children Jason and Kelly and stepdaughter Katie.
  Sergeant Paul R. Daw's life of service and bravery is truly 
admirable. On behalf of New York's 21st District, it is my honor to 
recognize the remarkable life of Sergeant Paul R. Daw.

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