[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7514-7515]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO LANCE CORPORAL DAVID FRIBLEY

  (Mr. SOUDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SOUDER. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart I stand before you 
today. Near An Nasiriyah, Iraq, Marine Lance Corporal David K. Fribley, 
from Atwood, Indiana, and seven of his fellow Marines were killed in 
the opening march of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Reports of the incident 
indicate that a group of Iraqi soldiers approached the Marines under a 
flag of surrender and proceeded to open fire. It is tragic that 
Corporal Fribley died. It is outrageous that he was murdered under a 
white flag.
  David grew up in Kosciusko County. There he attended Warsaw Community 
High School, where he lettered 4 years in football and track and field. 
A former teacher said of David that he could not think of anyone who 
worked harder, both on the field and the classroom.
  David continued his track career at Indiana State University. After 
graduating from college in 2001, David moved to Fort Myers, Florida. 
The tragic events of September 11, 2001, his father said, played a 
major role in motivating David to join the Marine Corps.

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  Lance Corporal David Fribley is survived by his parents, Gary and 
Linda Fribley, who remain residents of Kosciusko County. I ask that my 
colleagues join me and my fellow residents of the Third District in 
offering our most sincere condolences to the Fribley family and all who 
loved David.

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