[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 448-449]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE TO CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER BRIAN D. HAZELGROVE

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, it is written that we are to grieve with 
those who grieve and mourn with those who mourn. It is in that spirit 
today that I

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rise to honor a hero, Chief Warrant Officer Brian Hazelgrove.
  Warrant Officer Hazelgrove is the son of Ron and Patty Hazelgrove of 
Edinburgh, Indiana, a small town just a stone's throw from my home, 
where I am sure today in Sherman's Barbershop and elsewhere there is 
genuine grief and sadness at the loss of this 1994 graduate of 
Edinburgh High School.
  Warrant Officer Hazelgrove joined the Army in that year of 1994. He 
began his service in military intelligence before becoming a pilot and 
serving two tours of duty in South Korea.
  He was serving with the 3rd Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry Regiment from 
the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. He died this January 
23, 2004, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom when his OH-58D Kiowa 
Warrior helicopter went down 31 miles south of Mosul, Iraq. He was 
bravely executing a combat mission at the time.
  Warrant Officer Hazelgrove, Mr. Speaker, died like every other 
American soldier throughout our Nation's history, bringing hope and 
freedom to a people who have never known it before.
  On behalf of the people of the sixth congressional district, I extend 
my deepest sympathies and prayers to the family of Chief Warrant 
Officer Hazelgrove, to his lovely wife, Kimmi; their four children, 
Taylor, 11; Zachary, 10; Brandon, 3; and Katelyn, 7 months. Indiana and 
America mourn the loss of this heroic American, Chief Warrant Officer 
Brian Hazelgrove.

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