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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal James
4Bray Stack of Arlington Heights, who was killed in the line of
5duty on November 10, 2010, in the Sangin District of Helmand
6Province, Afghanistan; and
 
7    WHEREAS, James Bray Stack was born on July 11, 1990, in
8Schaumburg; his parents were Robert Bruce and Linda Lorraine
9Stack; and
 
10    WHEREAS, James Bray Stack was a nationally ranked
11competitive shooter and the 2008 Junior Olympics Gold Medalist
12for Air Pistol; he was a member of the Arlington International
13Airgun Club; he also played soccer at Christian Liberty Academy
14and was named Most Valuable Player on the school's track team;
15and
 
16    WHEREAS, James Bray Stack served as a rifleman with India
17Company (2nd Platoon) of the "Darkhorse" 3rd Battalion, 5th
18Marine Regiment with the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine
19Expeditionary Force in Camp Pendleton, California; and
 
20    WHEREAS, James Bray Stack was the recipient of numerous
21awards for his service, including the Purple Heart, the Combat

 

 

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1Action Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global
2War on Terrorism Medal, and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal; and
 
3    WHEREAS, James Bray Stack was preceded in death by his
4grandmother, Lorraine Bray, and his grandfather, Robert Lee
5Stack; and
 
6    WHEREAS, James Bray Stack is survived by his wife, Katie;
7his daughter, Mikayla Lorraine; his parents, Robert and Linda
8Stack; his sister, Megan Lorraine Stack; his grandparents, Jo
9Ann Stack and Gene Bray; his mother-in-law, Dawn (Tom) Hedrick;
10his sister-in-law, Joanne Savage; his wife's grandmother,
11Eleanor Savage; and his father-in-law, Michael Landeweer;
12therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
15his family and friends, the passing of Lance Corporal James
16Bray Stack; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of James Bray
18Stack and his willingness to serve our country, which led to
19him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to the family of Lance Corporal James Bray Stack as

 

 

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1an expression of our sympathy.