[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21737]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING THE MEMORY OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EDWIN ANTHONY ANDINO II

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                            HON. ERIC CANTOR

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 29, 2006

  Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Private 
First Class Edwin Anthony (E.J) Andino II of Culpeper, Virginia.
  On Sunday, September 3, 2006, PFC Andino, a member of the United 
States Army 1st Battalion 77th Armored Division, died while responding 
to a mortar attack against a U.S. Army camp in Baghdad. He had been 
awarded the Army Achievement Medal and was recently promoted to the 
rank of Private First Class. PFC Andino volunteered for 18 months of 
combat service and had only been in Iraq for a month before he was 
killed. Posthumously, he was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star 
for valor.
  PFC Andino is remembered as an American hero who joined the Army to 
serve his country and to make his family proud. We are grateful for his 
service to our Nation and for his ultimate sacrifice in defending our 
freedom. I ask that you join me in offering our sincere condolences to 
the family and friends of PFC Andino at this most difficult time.

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