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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Private First Class Miguel A. Villalon of 
4Joliet, who passed away in Afghanistan on January 11, 2020; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, PFC Villalon was raised in the Rio Grande Valley 
6of Texas; he attended school in Brownsville, Texas from 2004 to 
72013; he attended East Aurora High School, where he became 
8captain of the JROTC drill team; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, PFC Villalon joined the U.S. Army in 2018; he was 
10assigned to the 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade 
11Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division based in Fort Bragg, North 
12Carolina; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, PFC Villalon was killed after an improvised 
14explosive device struck his vehicle in Kandahar province, 
15Afghanistan; he was participating in Operation Freedom's 
16Sentinel, a U.S. training and counterterrorism mission; he was 
17on his first combat deployment and was awarded a Purple Heart 
18and the Bronze Star Medal; and
 
19    WHEREAS, PFC Villalon was remembered by friends as being 
20funny and peppy; he was also noted for being a great singer, 
21someone who always made time for others, and a peacemaker; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, PFC Villalon is survived by his mother and his 
2father; therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
5Private First Class Miguel A. Villalon and extend our sincere 
6condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
7him; and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to the family of PFC Miguel Villalon as an expression 
10of our deepest sympathy.