[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4363]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES


                   tribute to specialist seth garceau

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, today I rise in remembrance of a fellow 
Iowan who has fallen in service to his country in Iraq. Specialist Seth 
Garceau died on the 4th of March after being seriously injured by a 
roadside explosive on the 27th of February. A member of the Iowa Army 
National Guard Company A, 224th Engineer Battalion, Specialist Garceau 
is survived by a mother, Lori, a father, Rick, and a sister, Tess.
  Seth Garceau grew up in Oelwein, IA, and enlisted in the Iowa Army 
National Guard in 2000 while he was still in high school. Seth 
graduated from Oelwein High School in 2001 and was mobilized for 
Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. Officials announced on the 5th of 
February that Specialist Garceau will be promoted posthumously to the 
rank of Sergeant.
  Former President Calvin Coolidge once said, ``No person was ever 
honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he 
gave.'' Seth Garceau has given his life, that greatest of gifts, and 
for that, we shall forever honor him. I offer my most sincere sympathy 
to his family and friends who have felt this loss most deeply. May we 
always remember Seth with respect and admiration. For his life and the 
sacrifice he made, he deserves no less.

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