[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15820]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES


                        Staff Sergeant Edmond Lo

  Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam President, I wish to express my sympathy over the 
loss of U.S. Army SSG Edmond Lo, a 23-year-old native of Salem, NH. 
Staff Sergeant Lo was killed while attempting to neutralize an 
improvised explosive device in Samarra City, Iraq, early in the morning 
of June 13, 2009.
  Staff Sergeant Lo was born and raised in Salem. He attended Salem 
High School, where he became a leader of the Air Force Junior ROTC 
program before graduating in 2004. Lo was determined to join the Army 
after graduation, even turning down a host of college acceptance 
letters in order to enlist. He became a member of the Army's 797th 
Ordnance Company--stationed out of Fort Hood, TX--and was on his second 
tour of duty in Iraq.
  In high school, Edmond Lo earned the nickname ``Mr. Dependable.'' 
Those who knew him described him as kind, hardworking and strong-
willed. Even after his first tour of duty, Staff Sergeant Lo kept a 
close connection to the community where he grew up, returning to Salem 
High School to share photographs from his first trip to Iraq.
  New Hampshire is proud of Staff Sergeant Lo's service to and 
sacrifice for our country. He, and the thousands of brave men and women 
of the U.S. Armed Forces serving today, deserve America's highest honor 
and recognition.
  Staff Sergeant Lo is survived by his parents David and Rosa, as well 
as two brothers and three sisters. He will be missed dearly by all 
those who knew him.
  I ask my colleagues to join me and all Americans in honoring U.S. 
Army SSG Edmond Lo.

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