[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10844]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES


                 Sergeant First Class Terryl L. Pasker

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, the State of Iowa has lost one of its 
native sons, and the Nation has lost a true patriot. SFC Terryl L. 
Pasker from Cedar Rapids, IA, was shot and killed in Panjshir Province, 
Afghanistan, while serving with the Iowa National Guard in support of 
Operation Enduring Freedom. He was 39 years old and was just completing 
his second tour in Afghanistan. My thoughts and prayers are with his 
wife Erica, his parents Mary and David, and those who knew him and 
cared about him. Terryl Pasker is described as an upbeat, religious 
man. He was known as a hard worker and he owned a contracting business 
in his civilian life. The loss of someone in their prime, with a bright 
future and a whole life left to live is a tragic thing. It gives us 
pause to reflect on the tremendous sacrifice we ask of our 
servicemembers, and have since the first minutemen rallied at Lexington 
and Concord. I would like to pay tribute to the life and service of SFC 
Terryl Pasker and ask that my colleagues join me in honoring his 
memory.

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