[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 759]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT JAMIE O'DELL MAUGANS

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                            HON. TODD TIAHRT

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 23, 2008

  Mr. TIAHRT. Madam Speaker, today I have the honor to introduce a bill 
naming the post office in Derby, KS, after a fallen hero, SGT Jamie 
O'Dell Maugans. Sergeant Maugans was the first casualty of the Global 
War on Terror from the 4th District of Kansas. A Derby native, Sergeant 
Maugans graduated from Derby High School and attended the University of 
Kansas and Cowley County Community College before joining the Army.
  Sergeant Maugans was an ordnance disposal specialist and stationed in 
San Diego when our Nation was attacked on September 11, 2001. He was 
deployed to Afghanistan in connection with Operation Enduring Freedom--
Afghanistan.
  On April 15th, 2002, while disposing of ordnances near Kandahar, 
Afghanistan, Sergeant Maugans was killed along with three others, 
including fellow Kansan SSG Justin Galewski, from Olathe. He was only 
27 years old.
  Sergeant Jamie Maugans' family, including his mother Kathy Wurdeman, 
his father Bryce Maugans and stepmother, Mary Maugans, his brother and 
four sisters, are very proud of him. His commitment to family, friends 
and country are well known. By naming this post office, I hope that 
everyone in South Central Kansas will come to know and remember this 
young man and his sacrifice. We all owe a debt of gratitude to Sergeant 
Maugans and his fellow servicemen and women.
  Naming the post office in Derby after Sergeant Jamie Maugans is but a 
simple way we can honor his memory and the memory of all those who have 
fallen in battle for the defense of this nation. I ask my colleagues to 
support this important effort.

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