[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14145]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        LANCE CPL. BEN DESILETS

  (Mr. LaHOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Lance Cpl. 
Ben Desilets.
  Ben was killed in Iraq on Tuesday. He was from Elmwood, Illinois, 
which is just west of Peoria, Illinois. He was a 2004 graduate of 
Elmwood High School.
  In a statement from his family, it was described that Ben was killed 
behind the wheel of a Humvee when he died in the early morning hours. 
His mother is quoted as saying in an article in a local paper today, 
``He thought he was doing good. I was proud of him. It made him grow up 
a lot.''
  Today, as we honor Ben and all those who have fallen, and we remember 
our veterans on Memorial Day, we thank them for their service. We thank 
their families for their service and the great sacrifice that people 
like Ben and others have made in the name of freedom.
  God bless Lance Cpl. Ben Desilets and his family.

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