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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death in Iraq of |
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| U.S. Army Private Christopher M. Alcozer of Villa Park on |
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| Saturday, November 19, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 2003 graduate of Willowbrook High School |
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| in Villa Park, where he was a good student, played viola, and |
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| was on the wrestling team; he was known to be quiet and likable |
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| and had strong ethics; and
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| WHEREAS, Private Alcozer had enlisted in the U.S. Army in |
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| January and had been in Iraq for three months; he was a member |
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| of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and was part of |
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| Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, stationed at |
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| Fort Wainwright, Alaska; his team is known as the "Arctic |
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| Wolves Brigade"; and
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| WHEREAS, He had hoped to return to college after his time |
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| in the military to study education and music, possibly to |
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| become a music teacher; and
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| WHEREAS, Earlier in the year, he had proposed to his |
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| fiancee when he was on leave from Iraq; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we mourn the passing of U.S. Army Private Christopher M. |
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| Alcozer, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his family, |
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| friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Private Alcozer and his |
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| willingness to serve his country, which led to him making the |
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| ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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