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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of United | ||||||
| 4 | States Army Private First Class Andrew N. Meari of Plainfield, | ||||||
| 5 | who gave his life defending America's freedom on November 1, | ||||||
| 6 | 2010, in the Zhari district of Kandahar, Afghanistan; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, PFC Andrew Meari was born on September 14, 1989, | ||||||
| 8 | in Chicago; he was the son of Denise Meehan of Plainfield and | ||||||
| 9 | Mahmoud Meari of Grafton, Wisconsin; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, PFC Andrew Meari attended Drauden Point Middle | ||||||
| 11 | School and Plainfield South High School; he subsequently earned | ||||||
| 12 | his diploma from Port Washington High School in Wisconsin, | ||||||
| 13 | where he graduated early, before joining the U.S. Army in 2008; | ||||||
| 14 | and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, PFC Andrew Meari served with Company A, 1st | ||||||
| 16 | Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st | ||||||
| 17 | Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, PFC Andrew Meari was awarded the National Defense | ||||||
| 19 | Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Global War | ||||||
| 20 | on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the | ||||||
| 21 | Overseas Service Ribbon, and the Combat Infantry Badge in | ||||||
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| 1 | recognition of his service; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, United States and Illinois flags throughout the | ||||||
| 3 | State flew at half-staff from November 8-10, 2010, as a symbol | ||||||
| 4 | of mourning and to honor the sacrifice of PFC Andrew Meari; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, PFC Andrew Meari will be remembered for his love | ||||||
| 6 | of country, generous spirit, patriotism, and love for his | ||||||
| 7 | family and friends; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, PFC Andrew Meari dedicated his life to defending | ||||||
| 9 | America's freedom and made the ultimate sacrifice in service to | ||||||
| 10 | his nation; he will be dearly missed by his mother, Denise | ||||||
| 11 | (Gerald) Meehan; his father, Mahmoud (Aisha) Meari; his | ||||||
| 12 | brothers, Ethan and Andrew; his sister, Jenna; his grandmother, | ||||||
| 13 | Vivienne Williams; his uncle, Todd (Stacie) Williams; his | ||||||
| 14 | fellow soldiers; and the citizens of a grateful nation; | ||||||
| 15 | therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we mourn, along with his family, friends, and the members of a | ||||||
| 19 | grateful nation, the passing of United States Army Private | ||||||
| 20 | First Class Andrew N. Meari; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to the family of PFC Andrew Meari as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 2 | sympathy.
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