[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11813]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES


                    corporal christian scott cotner

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today 
to honor the memory of Marine Cpl Christian Scott Cotner of Waterbury, 
CT, who died last week while serving our Nation in Iraq. He was 20 
years old.
  On May 30, 2008, Corporal Cotner's life was tragically cut short as 
he served his first tour of duty with the Marines in Al-Anbar Province, 
Iraq. His heroic service is remembered today by a grateful nation.
  Friends and loved ones remember Corporal Cotner for his positive 
attitude, his great sense of humor and his pride in serving the country 
he loved. It was while in high school, where he volunteered to serve in 
the honor guards and the ROTC, that Corporal Cotner decided to serve 
his country, and shortly after graduating he joined the Marines.
  All of us in the State of Connecticut and across the United States 
owe a deep and solemn debt of gratitude to Christian Cotner and to his 
family and friends for his tremendous service to our country. On behalf 
of the Senate, I offer my deepest condolences to Christian's parents 
Graham and Karen and to everyone who knew and loved him.

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