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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is with profound sadness that the members of |
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| the Senate of the State of Illinois have learned of the death |
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| of United States Marine Lance Corporal Aaron C. Pickering of |
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| Harrisburg who died while proudly serving his country in combat |
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| in Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Aaron Pickering was born on October 28, 1984, in |
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| Harrisburg to Carl Pickering and Lisa Killman Short; and
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| WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Pickering was attached to the 1st |
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| Battalion, 3rd Marines, C Company, based in Okinawa, Japan, |
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| proudly serving the nation as an infantryman; and
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| WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Pickering was a graduate of |
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| Harrisburg High School, having attended Marion High School |
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| until his junior year; he joined the Marines after graduation; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, In high school, Aaron excelled in golf, finishing |
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| 52nd in the state meet his senior year, and was an avid hunter |
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| and fisherman, winning first place in the 58th Illinois State |
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| Championship Junior Goose Calling contest; and
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| WHEREAS, On November 10, 2004, Lance Corporal Pickering was |
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| killed during combat operations to capture the Iraqi city of |
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| Fallujah from Islamic insurgents and will be remembered by many |
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| as a hero; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lance Corporal Pickering has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his mother and stepfather, Lisa |
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| and Sam Short; father and stepmother, Carl and Theresa |
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| Pickering; maternal grandmother, Chlola Killman, paternal |
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| grandparents, Bill and Peg Pickering, paternal grandmother, |
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| Bonnie Barton; stepbrothers, Travis Short, Dustin Short, Dylan |