[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 186 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING THE INCREDIBLE LIFE OF VIETNAM VETERAN LLOYD SLACK

  (Ms. SCHOLTEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHOLTEN. Madam Speaker, I rise ahead of Veterans Day to honor 
the incredible life and sacrifice of an amazing veteran from west 
Michigan who gave his life in service to our Nation, Specialist Four 
Lloyd Slack.
  Earlier this year, I had the honor of hosting a ceremony in his honor 
at the brand-new veterans home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  Lloyd Slack paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving in Vietnam, 
drawing enemy fire upon himself and thereby saving his team.
  My team learned that Lloyd's mother, 96-year-old Lola Mondy, a Gold 
Star mother, never received the medals that he was due. We got right to 
work to make sure she could see those medals and receive the 
commemoration of her son's service before she died.
  Ms. Mondy turned unimaginable loss into purpose, serving other Gold 
Star families while also living with her own grief.
  Presenting these medals to her in the ceremony was the honor of my 
time in Congress. Our military families sacrifice so much, and on this 
Veterans Day, I give my thanks to west Michiganians who have served and 
their families. We are the home of the free because of the brave.

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