[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20530]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING THE LIVES OF SPEC. DANIEL P. DREVNICK, SPEC. JAMES D. WERTISH, 
                     AND SPEC. CARLOS E. WILCOX IV

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                          HON. BETTY McCOLLUM

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 31, 2009

  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, I rise to remember three servicemen from 
the Minnesota National Guard's 34th Red Bull Infantry Division and to 
pay tribute to their lives. The deaths of Spec. Daniel P. Drevnick of 
Woodbury, Spec. James D. Wertish of Olivia, and Spec. Carlos E. Wilcox 
IV of Cottage Grove are a tragedy for our entire country. They lost 
their lives in a missile attack near Basra, Iraq on July 16, 2009.
  Specialists Drevnick, Wertish, and Wilcox served this nation with 
honor and courage. They departed from Minnesota in February with more 
than 1,000 Minnesota National Guard soldiers. In Iraq, their duties 
included providing logistics and communications for more than 16,000 
U.S. and multi-national coalition forces.
  Daniel, James, and Carlos are Minnesotan and American heroes. We will 
be forever grateful for their military service. They made the ultimate 
sacrifice for our nation and a more peaceful world.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in paying the highest respect to Spec. 
Daniel P. Drevnick, Spec. James D. Wertish, and Spec. Carlos E. Wilcox 
IV. Their families, friends, and comrades in Iraq have my deepest 
sympathies for their profound loss.

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