Full Text of SR0665 93rd General Assembly
SR0665 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Marine Cpl. | 4 |
| Christopher W. Belchik of Alton who was killed in action August | 5 |
| 22, 2004 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Marine Cpl. Belchik was assigned to the 2nd | 7 |
| Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine | 8 |
| Expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; and
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| WHEREAS, Marine Cpl. Belchik grew up in Alton, the youngest | 10 |
| of three children; he was unhappy with high school, dropped out | 11 |
| his senior year and began a series of jobs that were always | 12 |
| rigorous, including working as a bus boy in restaurants, and | 13 |
| most recently, as a hod carrier hoisting mortar for bricklayers | 14 |
| during construction season; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1998, he met and started dating Mary Hamberg; | 16 |
| with her support, he decided to pursue joining the Marines; he | 17 |
| later passed the high school equivalency exam and lost about 30 | 18 |
| pounds to join the Marines; and
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| WHEREAS, Boot camp was especially challenging for Cpl. | 20 |
| Belchik because he was older than most of the recruits, but he | 21 |
| didn't let that discourage him; he served in South Africa and | 22 |
| Kosovo before going to Iraq in January 2003; he then returned | 23 |
| to Illinois last summer and got married to Mary in June; he | 24 |
| went back to Iraq in February and was expected to come home in | 25 |
| October; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Marine Cpl. Christopher W. Belchik | 27 |
| will be deeply felt by many, especially his parents, Stephen | 28 |
| Belchik and Lynn Kenker; his wife, Mary; his brother, Brian; | 29 |
| and his sister, Julie Prats; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with his | 3 |
| family, friends, educators, community, and
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| the United States Armed Forces we mourn the death of Marine | 5 |
| Cpl. Christopher W. Belchik who will be
remembered as a | 6 |
| patriotic, brave and courageous Marine, and
offer our deepest | 7 |
| sympathy to all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Marine Cpl. Christopher W. Belchik | 10 |
| as an expression of our deepest sympathy.
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