[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6677-6678]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        IN MEMORY OF KYLE WILKS

  (Mr. BOOZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of America's 
bravest, one of America's finest, Kyle Wilks from the Third District of 
Arkansas.
  Kyle, a marine from Rogers, Arkansas, serving with the II Marine 
Expeditionary Force stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, died 
last week. He was in a convoy of 36 vehicles

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in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan when his vehicle was struck by 
an IED.
  In 2004, Kyle entered the Marine Corps to help others. His devotion 
to his friends, his family, and his unit was selfless. The commitment 
Kyle showed his fellow soldiers and his country is something we can all 
be proud of.
  Mr. Speaker, Kyle Wilks is a true American hero who made the ultimate 
sacrifice for his country. I ask my colleagues to keep the Wilks' 
family and his friends in their thoughts and prayers during this very 
difficult time.

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