[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2709]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF FALLEN MISSISSIPPI SOLDIER ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) 
                            TIMOTHY R. OSBEY

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 15, 2017

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in memory of Army 
Sergeant (SGT) Timothy R. Osbey who paid the ultimate sacrifice while 
defending our great nation February 16, 2005, during Operation Iraqi 
Freedom III. SGT Osbey lost his life along with Army Sergeant (SGT) 
Joseph Andrew ``Drew'' Rahaim when a roadway collapsed and their 
vehicle rolled into a canal at Forward Operation Base Iskandariyah, 
Iraq.
  SGT Osbey, a Mississippi Army National Guard soldier and Pike County 
native, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment 
(Mechanized), Mississippi Army National Guard, McComb, MS. SGT Osbey 
served as an emergency medical technician. Before he entered the 
military, SGT Osbey excelled in track at the University of Southern 
Mississippi. During his funeral, Rev. Alphonse Patterson remembered SGT 
Osbey as a gifted athlete who also achieved academic success. SGT Osbey 
was a University of Southern Mississippi graduate.
  Major General (MG) Harold A. Cross, Adjutant General of the 
Mississippi Army National Guard, presented SGT Osbey posthumously with 
a Bronze Star medal for meritorious service and a Mississippi Medal of 
Valor.
  SGT Osbey will always be remembered as a role model who inspired so 
many others he served with. SGT Osbey is survived by his wife, Willie 
Marie Dickerson Osbey and daughter, Saderia Osbey.

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