[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 10526-10527]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF UNITED STATES ARMY SERGEANT RAY 
                                 HICKS

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                        HON. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 10, 2010

  Ms. GIFFORDS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor United States Army 
Sergeant Ray Hicks, who passed away on April 24, 2010.
  Son of Jimmy and Aurelia Hicks of the Federated States of Micronesia, 
Ray was a Multichannel Transmission Systems Operator-Maintainer who 
trained at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and Fort Gordon, Georgia before 
being assigned to Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
  He joined the Army in June 2006 in my district in southern Arizona 
and is remembered fondly by his officers, NCOs and fellow soldiers.
  According to his Battalion Commander, Sergeant Hicks was a devoted 
friend and soldier who would always lend a helping hand and who was 
greatly respected and admired by many.
  We remember Sergeant Ray Hicks and offer our deepest condolences and 
sincerest prayers to his family. My words cannot effectively convey the 
feeling of great loss nor can they offer adequate consolation. However, 
it is my hope that in future days, his family may take some comfort in 
knowing that Ray made a difference in the lives of many others and 
serves as an example of a competent and caring leader and friend that 
will live on in the hearts and minds of all those he touched.
  This body and this country owe Ray and his family a debt of gratitude 
and it is vital that we remember him and his service to his country.

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  Sergeant Ray Hicks leaves behind his beloved wife Tressia, his 
daughter Anana, his parents Jimmy and Aurelia and many aunts, uncles, 
cousins and friends.

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