[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10249]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING AMERICA'S FALLEN IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the 
House out of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from 
Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked the 62nd anniversary of D 
Day. On that day, thousands of young Americans made the ultimate 
sacrifice in service to our Nation.
  In the words of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, each of these 
heroes stand in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die 
that freedom might live and grow and increase in its blessings.
  This unbroken line continues today as 2,778 brave American men and 
women have fallen in their service to our Nation in both Iraq and 
Afghanistan.
  Last year, I led a bipartisan group of 21 Members of Congress in 
reading the names of our most recent fallen into the Congressional 
Record. We made a commitment to continue this reading as long as the 
fighting continues.
  God bless and keep each of the brave Americans whose memory we honor 
today in our hearts:
  1. Sergeant 1st Class Eric P. Pearrow.
  2. Private 1st Class Marc A. Delgado.
  3. Staff Sergeant Steven C. Reynolds.
  4. Specialist Javier A. Vallnueva.
  5. Specialist Gregory L. Tull.
  6. Master Sergeant Brett E. Angus.
  7. Sergeant Donald J. Hasse.
  8. Sergeant Jerry W. Mills, Jr.
  9. Corporal William G. Taylor.
  10. Staff Sergeant William D. Richardson.
  11. Corporal Joshua D. Snyder.
  12. Sergeant Gregorz Jakoniuk.
  13. Sergeant 1st Class Brent A. Adams.
  14. Lance Corporal Craig N. Watson.
  15. Sergeant Andy A. Stevens.
  16. Lance Corporal Andrew G. Patten.
  17. Lance Corporal Scott T. Modeen.
  18. Corporal Anthony T. McElveen.
  19. Lance Corporal Robert Alexander Martinez.
  20. Lance Corporal Adam Wade Kaiser.
  21. Lance Corporal David A. Huhn.
  22. Lance Corporal John M. Holmason.
  23. Staff Sergeant Daniel J. Clay.
  24. Specialist Marcus S. Futrell.
  25. Staff Sergeant Phillip L. Travis.
  26. Sergeant Philip Allan Dodson, Jr.
  27. Corporal Jimmy Lee Shelton.
  28. Staff Sergeant Daniel M. Cuka.
  29. Sergeant 1st Class Richard L. Schild.
  30. Private 1st Class Thomas C. Siekert.
  31. Specialist Brian A. Wright.
  32. Sergeant Michael C. Taylor.
  33. Corporal Joseph P. Bier.
  34. Staff Sergeant Milton Rivera-Vargas.
  35. 1st Lieutenant Kevin J. Smith.
  36. Sergeant Spencer C. Akers.
  37. Sergeant Adrian N. Orosco.
  38. Sergeant Kenith Casica.
  39. Staff Sergeant Travis L. Nelson.
  40. Sergeant Clarence L. Floyd, Jr.
  41. Sergeant Julia v. Atkins.
  42. Staff Sergeant Keith A. Bennett.
  43. Sergeant 1st Class James S. Moudy.
  44. Staff Sergeant Curtis A. Mitchell.
  45. Specialist Lex S. Nelson.
  46. Specialist Jared William Kubasak.
  47. Specialist Peter J. Navarro.
  48. Specialist James C. Kesinger.
  49. Sergeant Brian C. Karim.
  50. Staff Sergeant Michael S. Zyla.
  51. Corporal Michael B. Presley.
  52. Staff Sergeant Kenneth B. Pospisil.
  53. Sergeant Timothy R. Boyce.
  54. Specialist Joseph Alan Lucas.
  55. Corporal Adam R. Fales.
  56. Lance Corporal Samuel Tapia.
  57. Staff Sergeant Johnnie V. Mason.
  58. Specialist Richard Jr. DeGarcia Naputi.
  59. 1st Lieutenant Michael J. Cleary.
  60. Specialist William Lopez-Feliciano.
  Mr. Speaker, I would also like to recognize and thank the brave men 
and women who continue to serve our Nation with distinction in Iraq and 
Afghanistan and throughout the world and thank their families also for 
their sacrifice.
  Our thoughts, our prayers are with you and your families both during 
your service and after you come home.
  Mr. Speaker, if I mispronounced any of our members' names who I know 
the family take pride in honoring, I apologize. I want to thank again 
each of these men and women who have served our country and their 
family for their ultimate sacrifice.

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