[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11531]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN RECOGNITION OF CARLOS E. PERNELL

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 15, 2006

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, SGT Carlos E. Pernell, 25, from 
Prattville, Alabama, died on June 6, 2006, in Iraq. Sergeant Pernell 
was assigned to the Army's B Company, 46th Engineer Battalion at Fort 
Rucker, Alabama, and according to initial reports was killed due to 
injuries when his camp came under indirect fire. His survivors include 
his wife Tiffanie; his daughter Kassidie; his mother Hattie of 
Prattville, Alabama; and his father, Eugene of Montgomery, Alabama.
  Carlos Pernell loved sports, and was a proud father. Like all 
soldiers, he dutifully left behind his family and loved ones to serve 
our country overseas.
  Words cannot express the sense of sadness we have for his family, and 
for the gratitude our country feels for his service. Sergeant Pernell 
died serving not just the United States, but the entire cause of 
liberty, on a noble mission to help spread the cause of freedom in Iraq 
and liberate an oppressed people from tyrannical rule. He was a true 
American.
  We will forever hold him closely in our hearts, and remember his 
sacrifice and that of his family as a remembrance of his bravery and 
willingness to serve. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the House's 
remembrance on this mournful day.

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