Full Text of HR1352 95th General Assembly
HR1352 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of United | 4 |
| States Army Sergeant Blake W. Evans, of Rockford, who was | 5 |
| killed while serving his country in Iraq on May 25, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Blake Evans was a 2002 graduate of Guilford High | 7 |
| School in Rockford; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Blake Evans was serving his second tour | 9 |
| of duty in Iraq; he joined the Army in October of 2003 and | 10 |
| arrived at Fort Campbell, Kentucky in January of 2004; he was | 11 |
| an expert with the M4 assault rifle; he was assigned as an | 12 |
| infantryman to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry | 13 |
| Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team; and
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| WHEREAS, He was decorated with three Army Achievement | 15 |
| Medals, an Army Good Conduct Medal, a National Defense Service | 16 |
| Medal, as well as many other medals and badges; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Blake Evans is remembered as a man who | 18 |
| loved serving his country, and liked to share stories of | 19 |
| handing out candy to Iraqi children to watch their faces light | 20 |
| up; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Blake Evans was a soldier, husband, and | 2 |
| father; he leaves behind his mother, Judy Ann Belk; his | 3 |
| stepfather, Craig Belk; his father, Kenneth Evans; his wife, | 4 |
| Shannon; and his two daughters, Kylee and Adriana; therefore, | 5 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 9 |
| Sergeant Blake Evans; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Sergeant Blake Evans | 11 |
| and his willingness to serve his country, which led to him | 12 |
| making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | 13 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of United States Army Sergeant Blake W. | 15 |
| Evans as a symbol of our sympathy.
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