[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H4329-H4330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               REMEMBERING CORPORAL JOHNATHAN LEE BENSON

  (Mr. LAWLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAWLER. Madam Speaker, on September 9, 2006, Corporal Johnathan 
Lee Benson from North Branch, Minnesota, succumbed to his injuries 
sustained in a roadside bombing during his second tour of duty in Iraq. 
He was 21 years old.
  By all measures, Johnathan was a courageous and enthusiastic young 
man with an infectious smile, a prankster's heart, and a love for 
adventure.
  He was dedicated to our country and to the Marines. Tattooed on his 
back was the Bible verse: Greater love knows no man than this, that he 
lay down his life for his friends.
  Madam Speaker, Johnathan not only laid down his life for our country, 
but he gave up his hopes, his dreams, and his future to preserve, 
protect, and defend ours.
  For 15 years, I have worn this bracelet in his memory, and today, I 
am honored to enter his name into the Congressional Record and to 
recognize his wonderful parents, a Gold Star family, Marjorie and Steve 
Benson.

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  May God bless the Benson family and hold Johnathan in the palm of His 
hand.

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