[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19904]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           TRIBUTE TO SGT 1ST CLASS CHRISTOPHER R. WILLOUGHBY

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 25, 2003

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R. 
Willoughby of Phenix City, Alabama, died this past Sunday in Baghdad. 
Sgt. Willoughby was a member of the Army's 221st Military Intelligence 
Battalion based at Fort Gillem, Georgia, and was killed when the 
vehicle he was riding in rolled over. He is survived by his wife 
Jeanine and his two sons, Blake, 9, and Collin 16 months.
  Chris Willoughby always wanted to serve his country, Mr. Speaker. An 
Auburn University graduate, Willoughby had just begun a promising new 
career in accounting when his National Guard unit was called to active 
duty. Like every other soldier, he dutifully left behind his young 
family to serve our country overseas.
  Words cannot express the sense of sadness we have for his family, and 
for the gratitude our country feels for his service. Sgt. Willoughby 
died serving not just the United States, but the entire cause of 
liberty, on a noble mission to help spread the cause of freedom in Iraq 
and liberate an oppressed people from tyrannical rule.
  We will forever hold him closely in our hearts, and remember his 
sacrifice and that of his family as a remembrance of his bravery and 
willingness to serve.
  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the House's remembrance on this day.

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