[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17793]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING SERGEANT FIRST CLASS WILLIAM R. DWYER

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                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 7, 2004

  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, during this time of war, our 
thoughts are constantly with our active duty military personnel 
overseas, and also with all of the men and women who have worn the 
uniform of the United States military through the years. I rise to 
honor an individual who retired last month following a long period of 
outstanding military service to this country. Sergeant First Class 
William R. Dwyer has served this nation with distinction and honor for 
the past twenty years, and I am pleased to have the opportunity to 
honor him today.
  Sergeant First Class William R. Dwyer enlisted in the United States 
Army in February 1984. During his career, he served as a communications 
and intelligence specialist in a number of challenging assignments, 
including overseas tours in Germany, Panama, Korea, and England. 
Throughout his service, he has been a leader and always used his 
knowledge and extensive experience to better our defense and our 
community.
  Throughout his successful and noteworthy career, Sergeant First Class 
Dwyer focused on his duties to our nation and the United States Army. 
He concludes his remarkable career as a Vietnam War analyst at the 
Department of Defense where he has pushed toward resolving the still 
open cases of Americans missing from the Vietnam War.
  Sergeant First Class Dwyer is highly regarded by his peers as someone 
who has demonstrated by his example the values, respect for family and 
hard work that is so central to our Armed Forces, and which has been 
the cornerstone of our nation's democratic freedoms. I am certain for 
these reasons, among others, he will be greatly missed by his 
colleagues and others who have worked with him over his years of 
service.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking and congratulating 
Sergeant First Class William R. Dwyer for his dedicated and committed 
service to the United States. I wish him and his family the best as 
they look toward the future.

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