Full Text of SR2306 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Staff Sergeant Christopher Alexander | 4 | | Wilbur of Fort Carson, Colorado, who passed away on August 12, | 5 | | 2016 in Kandahar, Afghanistan; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Wilbur was born in Granite City on | 7 | | February 26, 1980; he graduated from Granite City High School | 8 | | in 1998 and married Lindsey Angele Bishop in Clarksville, | 9 | | Tennessee on October 30, 2009; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Wilbur joined the United States Army on | 11 | | June 8, 2005; he was assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry | 12 | | Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, in | 13 | | Fort Carson, Colorado; he was deployed to Iraq from December 9, | 14 | | 2005 to December 11, 2006, and September 23, 2007 to November | 15 | | 20, 2008; he was deployed to Afghanistan from January 30, 2010 | 16 | | to February 6, 2011 and February 2016 to August 12, 2016; his | 17 | | military occupational specialty was indirect fire infantryman | 18 | | and member of the mortar squad; he was awarded four Army | 19 | | Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, four Army | 20 | | Good Conduct Medals, a National Defense Service Medal, two | 21 | | Afghanistan Campaign Medals with Campaign Star, an Iraq | 22 | | Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, a Global War on Terrorism | 23 | | Service Medal, an Army Service Ribbon, three Overseas Ribbons, |
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| 1 | | a NATO Medal, a Drill Sergeant Identification Badge, a Combat | 2 | | Infantryman Badge, and an Air Assault Badge; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Wilbur was a history buff and an avid | 4 | | reader; he loved the outdoors and cherished days camping, | 5 | | hiking, rock climbing, and snowboarding; he enjoyed playing | 6 | | chess, watching baseball, and rooting for the St. Louis | 7 | | Cardinals; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Wilbur was preceded in death by his | 9 | | grandparents, Ronald and Gladys Wilbur; his stepfather, Steve; | 10 | | and his uncle, Robin Wilbur; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Wilbur is survived by his wife, | 12 | | Lindsey; his children, Alexander Wilbur, and Susanna Happy | 13 | | Wilbur; his father and stepmother, Richard and Phyliss Wilbur; | 14 | | his mother, Peggy (Bischoff) King; his sister and | 15 | | brother-in-law, Rachael and Dan VanTassell; his brother, | 16 | | Matthew George; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Susan and | 17 | | Wayne Yarrow; other extended family, brothers-in-arms, and | 18 | | many friends; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Staff Sergeant Christopher Alexander Wilbur, and extend our | 22 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew |
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| 1 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Staff Sgt. Wilbur as an expression | 4 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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