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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, We have learned with sadness of the death of Lance |
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| Corporal Branden Paul Ramey of Belvidere on November 8, 2004 |
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| while serving his country in Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Branden Paul Ramey was born on Oct. 6, 1982 in |
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| Rockford, the son of Randy Duane Ramey and Pamela Kaye |
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| Lightner; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Belvidere High School in 2001 |
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| where he was an all-around athlete and was named homecoming |
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| king; he played semiprofessional football for the Belvidere |
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| Rush; he attended Rock Valley College and planned to become a |
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| history teacher; and
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| WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Ramey joined the United States |
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| Marine Corps in 2001; he was a machine gunner with the 2nd |
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| Battalion, 24th Marines Gulf Company, 4th Division and was |
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| proud to be serving his country with honor in Operation Iraqi |
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| Freedom; and
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| WHEREAS, The death of Lance Corporal Ramey is a great loss |
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| to his family, especially his parents, Randy Duane Ramey and |
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| Sandy Ramey and Pamela and Eddie Trevino; his fiancee, Stacey |
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| Lee; his brothers, Nicholas Ramey, Bryce Trevino, and Brent |
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| Trevino; his sister, Melissa Ramey; his grandparents, Gordon |
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| and Betty Ramey, Paul and Joyce Lightner, Richard and Janice |
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| Gritzmacher, Concepcion Trevino, Arnold and Diane Vance, and |
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| Kathleen and Cecil Herzing; and his many friends and extended |
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| family; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| together with his family, friends, fellow members of the United
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| States armed forces, and the citizens of this State and this
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