[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10428]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          IN HONOR OF ARMY SPECIALIST THOMAS ARTHUR FOLEY III

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                          HON. JOHN S. TANNER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 1, 2003

  Mr. TANNER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the memory of a fine 
American, a young husband and father from Dresden, Tennessee, who gave 
his life serving our Nation in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  SPC. Thomas Arthur Foley III, 23, served with the 2nd Battalion of 
the 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division 
of the United States Army. On the 14th of April, he and a fellow 
soldier were killed outside Baghdad.
  Tommy leaves behind a wife of a year and a half, Paulette, and a 
seven-month-old son, Logan, who reside at Fort Campbell Army Base on 
the Tennessee-Kentucky border. Tommy's stepfather and mother, Brian and 
Emily Penick Darden, reside in Dresden. His father and stepmother, 
Thomas and Angela Foley Jr., live in Montgomery, Kansas. He has a 
sister, Rebecca Barrington of Martin, Tennessee, and two brothers--
David, who lives in Dresden, and Sean, who lives in Kansas.
  Tommy's brother David has also been serving in Iraq and was able to 
return to Tennessee last week to see his brother buried with full 
military honors in Martin, Tennessee.
  Family members and friends say Tommy was a man who loved life. He 
bravely gave that life to help make this world a better place for his 
son Logan and indeed for us all.
  Mr. Speaker, please join Tommy's friends, family and me as we honor 
his memory and thank him for his heroic service to our country.

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