[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6505]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNITION OF LANCE CORPORAL NICHOLAS KLEIBOEKER

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 27, 2006

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life of Lance 
Corporal Nicholas Kleiboeker who was killed in action fighting for 
freedom in Al Hillah, Iraq on May 13, 2003.
  Lance Cpl Kleiboeker was a 19 year-old from Irvington, Illinois and 
was assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 
based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was a 2001 graduate from Odin 
High School in Odin, IL.
  Kleiboeker made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. He is 
survived by Gary and Sheryl Kleiboeker of Iuka, Sam Clark of Sumner and 
many other family, friends and loved ones. I am proud of the service 
this young man gave to his country and the service his fellow troops 
perform everyday. It is soldiers like Kleiboeker that are risking their 
lives day in and day out to ensure our freedom here at home and to 
others throughout the rest of the world. I salute him and my best 
wishes go out to his family and all the troops fighting to ensure 
freedom and democracy. God bless them and may God continue to bless 
America.

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