Full Text of HR0780 095th General Assembly
HR0780 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
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| Corporal Keith Nurnberg of Genoa City, Wisconsin, who passed | 5 |
| away on September 5, 2007 in Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Cpl. Keith Nurnberg was a native of McHenry, | 7 |
| Illinois, residing there until early 2007; he was a 1999 | 8 |
| graduate of McHenry West High School, where he was a member of | 9 |
| the track team; and
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| WHEREAS, Cpl. Keith Nurnberg was born on September 23, 1980 | 11 |
| in Waukegan, Illinois; he was an avid Chicago Bears and Chicago | 12 |
| White Sox fan; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Cpl. Keith Nurnberg enlisted in the United States | 14 |
| Army in 2003 and was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq as | 15 |
| a tank gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd | 16 |
| Infantry Division out of Fort Benning, Georgia; and
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| WHEREAS, Cpl. Keith Nurnberg continued a family tradition | 18 |
| of serving his country in the United States armed forces, | 19 |
| following a great grandfather who served in World War I, both | 20 |
| of his grandfathers who served in World War II, and his father, | 21 |
| Al, who served in the Vietnam War; and |
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| WHEREAS, Cpl. Keith Nurnberg was proud of his service as a | 2 |
| soldier in the United States Army; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, In December 2006, Cpl. Keith Nurnberg married the | 4 |
| former Tonya Hopkins, who will give birth to the couple's first | 5 |
| child in November 2007, a boy to be named Keith Jr.; therefore, | 6 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of U.S. | 10 |
| Army Corporal Keith Nurnberg; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of U.S. Army Corporal | 12 |
| Keith Nurnberg and his willingness to serve our country with | 13 |
| bravery; and be it further | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of U.S. Army Corporal Keith Nurnberg as | 16 |
| an expression of our sympathy.
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