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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, We have learned with sadness of the death of Sgt. |
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| David M. Caruso of Naperville on November 9, 2004 in a |
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| firefight
in Fallujah, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, David Caruso was born on October 25, 1979 in |
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| Winfield, the son of Gloria and Joseph Caruso; he graduated |
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| from Waubonsie Valley High School in 1998; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an adventurous young man who set high goals |
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| and achieved them; he was a natural leader, an athlete, and |
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| scholar who was on the honor roll throughout his high school |
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| career; he attained the rank of Eagle Scout at the age of 16 |
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| and went on to earn three Palms; as an Eagle Scout he completed |
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| a six-month community project by building a foot bridge in the |
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| Greene Valley Forest Preserve near Naperville; and
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| WHEREAS, Sgt. Caruso fulfilled a lifelong dream to become |
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| United States Marine in 1999; he worked in reconnaissance for |
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| special operations and passed the Army Ranger School; he |
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| enjoyed traveling and took advantage of the opportunities he |
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| had as a Marine to see new places; and
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| WHEREAS, Sgt. Caruso served his country honorably during |
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| Operation Iraqi Freedom; and
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| WHEREAS, The death of Sgt. Caruso is a great loss to his |
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| parents, Gloria and Joseph Caruso; his brother and |
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| sister-in-law, Michael and Tina Caruso; his extended family; |
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| his many friends; and all the citizens of the State of |
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| Illinois; he was preceded in death by a brother, Steven Caruso; |
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| 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 we |