[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3356]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING THE LIFE OF GUNNERY SERGEANT MICHAEL D. STANTON II

  (Mr. CRAWFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Speaker, as co-chairman of the Congressional 
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Caucus, today I rise to honor the life and 
service of Gunnery Sergeant Michael D. Stanton II, United States Marine 
Corps, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Retired.
  A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Gunny Stanton was born on January 
27, 1963, and passed on February 6, 2016, in Dunedin, Florida.
  At the start of his career, Gunny Stanton was a telephone technician, 
but he soon took those technical skills and put them to work as an 
explosive ordnance disposal technician. When Gunny Stanton first began 
his training, he attended the basic EOD course at Eglin Air Force Base. 
While in training, his block tests and final examination scores were so 
high that his records remain intact to this day.
  In the course of his 18 years in the Marine Corps, Stanton earned 
many awards too numerous to list in this space. He is preceded in death 
by his father, Michael Dale Stanton Sr.; and a brother, Brian Stanton. 
Gunny Stanton is survived by his loving family: his wife, Terri 
Stanton; his mother, Gloria Mueller; and a brother, Timothy Stanton.
  While I know that his family and friends will remember him in their 
own personal way, I would like all of us here in the House of 
Representatives to remember him as a courageous leader and a fine 
marine who each day bravely faced the challenges inherent in the life 
of an explosive ordnance disposal technician.

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