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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Marine Corporal Peter Giannopoulos of Inverness |
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| died in action on November 11, 2004 in the Babil Province in |
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| Iraq, as his unit was attacking enemy positions; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter graduated in 2000 from Fremd High School in |
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| Palatine; he was a goaltender on the varsity ice hockey team, a |
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| member of the school's model United Nations, and liked to |
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| target-shoot; he was also a National Merit Scholarship |
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| finalist, and wrote in his essay: "The military will sharpen |
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| virtues that cannot be taught in a classroom, like honor, |
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| commitment, courage, valor, and camaraderie"; and
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| WHEREAS, He was very committed to serving his country and |
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| he enlisted when he was 17, shortly before he graduated from |
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| high school; he was assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve's 2nd |
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| Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, out of |
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| Waukegan; he had planned to transfer to Northern Illinois |
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| University from Purdue University when his unit was activated |
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| in June; he had been serving in Iraq since mid-September; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter is survived by his parents and two younger |
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| brothers; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter was a quiet, self-assured, and focused young |
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| man; he was a Marine before he was a Marine, a hero from his |
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| service and sacrifice; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with his |
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| family, friends, fellow members of the United States armed |
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| forces, and the citizens of this State and this great nation, |
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| we mourn the passing of Corporal Peter Giannopoulos and we |
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| extend to his family our sincerest condolences; and be it |
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| further
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