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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Marine Lance Corporal Hector Ramos of Aurora died |
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| in a helicopter crash during a desert sandstorm near the town |
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| of Ar Rutbah, Iraq, on January 26, 2005; he was assigned to 1st |
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| Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine |
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| Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; and
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| WHEREAS, Hector was born December 9, 1984 in Aurora; |
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| although the notion had been in his head for years, he first |
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| decided to join the Marines on September 11, 2001 after the |
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| terrorist attacks; he joined the summer after he graduated in |
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| 2003 from East Aurora High School; and
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| WHEREAS, In high school he was always a leader; he was a |
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| talented artist, president of the DECA marketing club, starred |
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| in a number of school plays and always wanted to help other |
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| students; he was a proud Marine and returned to his school to |
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| tell students of his experiences in the Marines; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as a smiling, friendly, |
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| outgoing, creative, talented, involved, fun-loving, and proud |
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| young man; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandfather, |
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| Manuel Becker, and his uncle, Hector Becker; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his mother, Nancy Ramos; his |
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| father, Aurelio Ramos; his brothers, Noah and Isiah Ramos; his |
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| uncles, Joel (Nina) Becker and Manuel (Gloria) Becker; his |
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| aunt, Tawney Becker; his grandmother, Irene Becker; and his |
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| fiancee, Jessica Jimenez; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH 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 |