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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, First Lieutenant David L. Giaimo of Waukegan died
3 August 12, 2005, while serving his country as a tank commander
4 and squad leader in the U.S. Army in Tikrit, Iraq; and
 
5     WHEREAS, First Lieutenant Giaimo was a lifelong resident of
6 Waukegan; he attended St. Anastasia Grade School, Webster
7 Middle School, and Waukegan High School; while at Waukegan High
8 School, he was a member of the National Honor Society,
9 graduating Summa Cum Laude, and a Scholar Athlete; he also
10 played varsity baseball and was on the rifle team all four
11 years, serving as a captain in his junior and senior years and
12 taking a state championship for both the 1997-1998 and
13 1998-1999 seasons; and
 
14     WHEREAS, He earned a scholarship to Iowa State University
15 (ISU) through the JROTC program, a program that inspired him to
16 pursue a military career; he majored in finance and minored in
17 military science, graduating in 2003; and
 
18     WHEREAS, He was commissioned in the U.S. Army on December
19 20, 2003; he began his military career as a gold bar recruiter
20 at ISU; he completed officer training on August 24, 2004, at
21 Fort Knox, Kentucky, and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th
22 Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort
23 Stewart, Georgia; he was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi
24 Freedom III on January 7, 2005, and was promoted to 1st
25 Lieutenant on July 5, 2005; and
 
26     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his maternal
27 grandmother, Lillian Ebner, and paternal grandparents, Thomas
28 and Lorraine Giaimo; and
 
29     WHEREAS, He is survived by his father, Thomas Giaimo; his
30 mother and stepfather, Julie and Frank Derrig; his sister,

 

 

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1 Rebecca Giaimo; his brother, James Giaimo; his stepbrother,
2 Joseph Derrig; and his maternal grandfather, Julius Ebner;
3 therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
5 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with his
6 family, friends, fellow members of the United States armed
7 forces, and the citizens of this State and this great nation,
8 we mourn the passing of First Lieutenant David L. Giaimo and we
9 extend to his family our sincerest condolences; and be it
10 further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
13 sympathy.