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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Matthew
4 Medlicott of Houston, Texas, who was killed in action in Al
5 Anbar province, Iraq on August 25, 2007; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Matthew Medlicott was assigned to the
7 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
8 Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Pendleton, California;
9 he was serving his second deployment to Iraq at the time of his
10 death; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Matthew Medlicott attended Waukegan
12 High School's Alternative Optional Education Center during his
13 freshman and sophomore years; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Matthew Medlicott is survived by his
15 parents, William Medlicott Jr. and Juyne Sauer; his brother,
16 Nicholas Medlicott; and his grandmother, Barbara Medlicott;
17 and
 
18     WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Matthew Medlicott will be remembered by
19 all who knew and loved him as a fine soldier, a wonderful son,
20 and a wonderful young man who always had a ready wit and a
21 sparkle in his eyes; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 his family and friends, the passing of U.S. Marine Lance
4 Corporal Matthew Medlicott; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Lance Corporal
6 Matthew Medlicott and his willingness to serve our country,
7 which led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it
8 further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Lance Corporal Matthew Medlicott as
11 an expression of our sympathy.