Full Text of SR0324 95th General Assembly
SR0324 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Brandon Kitchens of Naperville, who | 4 |
| passed away on July 25, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Brandon Kitchens was born on August 20, 1983 in | 6 |
| Warner Robins, Georgia; his parents were Patrick and Barbara | 7 |
| Kitchens; and
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| WHEREAS, Brandon Kitchens graduated from Naperville North | 9 |
| High School in 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, Brandon Kitchens served four years in the United | 11 |
| States Air Force, where he briefed thousands of crews of airmen | 12 |
| in Germany on the hazards they would face in the skies over | 13 |
| Iraq; he had been lent by the Air Force to the Army, which | 14 |
| needed personnel trained in intelligence, and was deployed to | 15 |
| Iraq to investigate the risks on the ground and then brief | 16 |
| convoy drivers and others; he served three tours of duty in | 17 |
| Iraq and one tour in Afghanistan, where he traveled with | 18 |
| convoys, evaluated areas to build airstrips, and ducked for | 19 |
| cover during a bombing of the Green Zone in Baghdad; and
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| WHEREAS, After his return from Iraq, Brandon Kitchens | 21 |
| worked for Chicago 2016, an organization devoted to bringing |
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| the 2016 Olympics to Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Brandon Kitchens was a fanatical lover of sports, | 3 |
| especially soccer; he loved the Chicago Fire soccer team so | 4 |
| much that he got a tattoo of the Fire logo on his leg at a time | 5 |
| it was unclear how long the team would last; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Brandon Kitchens is survived by his parents; his | 7 |
| brother, Chad Kitchens; his maternal grandmother, Margaret | 8 |
| Knighton; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Brandon Kitchens will be remembered by all who | 10 |
| knew and loved him as a determined and intelligent man with a | 11 |
| wild side; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Brandon Kitchens; and be | 15 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Brandon Kitchens and | 17 |
| his willingness to serve our country; and be it further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Brandon Kitchens as an expression of | 20 |
| our sympathy.
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