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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, First Lieutenant David L. Giaimo of Waukegan died |
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| August 12, 2005, while serving his country as a tank commander |
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| and squad leader in the U.S. Army in Tikrit, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, First Lieutenant Giaimo was a lifelong resident of |
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| Waukegan; he attended St. Anastasia Grade School, Webster |
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| Middle School, and Waukegan High School; while at Waukegan High |
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| School, he was a member of the National Honor Society, |
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| graduating Summa Cum Laude, and a Scholar Athlete; he also |
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| played varsity baseball and was on the rifle team all four |
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| years, serving as a captain in his junior and senior years and |
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| taking a state championship for both the 1997-1998 and |
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| 1998-1999 seasons; and
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| WHEREAS, He earned a scholarship to Iowa State University |
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| (ISU) through the JROTC program, a program that inspired him to |
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| pursue a military career; he majored in finance and minored in |
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| military science, graduating in 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, He was commissioned in the U.S. Army on December |
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| 20, 2003; he began his military career as a gold bar
recruiter |
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| at ISU; he completed officer training on August 24, 2004, at |
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| Fort Knox, Kentucky, and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th |
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| Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort |
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| Stewart, Georgia; he was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi
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| Freedom III on January 7, 2005, and was promoted to 1st |
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| Lieutenant on July 5, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his maternal |
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| grandmother, Lillian Ebner, and paternal grandparents, Thomas |
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| and Lorraine Giaimo; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his father, Thomas Giaimo; his |
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| mother and stepfather, Julie and Frank Derrig; his sister, |