PRINTER'S NO. 1759
No. 313 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MANTZ, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI,
BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BOYD, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CARROLL, CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, COSTA, COX,
CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALEY, DALLY, DeLUCA, DENLINGER,
DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS, EVERETT,
FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE,
GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL,
HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JAMES, JOSEPHS,
KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, MAHER, MAJOR,
MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MENSCH,
METCALFE, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MOYER,
MURT, MUSTIO, NAILOR, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE,
PERZEL, PETRI, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, RAMALEY,
RAPP, REED, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SHAPIRO, SHIMKUS,
SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STEIL, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SURRA,
TANGRETTI, R. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB,
VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 5, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 5, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme
2 sacrifice of Captain Mark T. Resh of Killeen, Texas, formerly
3 of Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, who was killed in active duty
4 on January 28, 2007, in a helicopter crash in Iraq.
5 WHEREAS, Capt. Resh, who was 28 years of age, was serving
6 with the United States Army as an S4 Logistics Officer; and
7 WHEREAS, Capt. Resh piloted Apache helicopters as part of the
8 1st Air Division, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 227th Aviation
9 Regiment, 4th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion; and
10 WHEREAS, Capt. Resh was a member of Morgenland United Church
1 of Christ, Orefield; and
2 WHEREAS, Capt. Resh earned the Eagle Scout Award in 1995; and
3 WHEREAS, Capt. Resh was a 1996 graduate of Northwestern
4 Lehigh High School, where he was a member of the National Honor
5 Society, Mathematics Club and Student Council and captained the
6 varsity soccer team in his senior year; and
7 WHEREAS, Capt. Resh was a member of the Reserve Officers'
8 Training Corps while attending the University of Pittsburgh and
9 a summer intern with the Navy Research Laboratory in Virginia;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Capt. Resh graduated summa cum laude from the
12 University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor's degree in engineering
13 in 2001; and
14 WHEREAS, Capt. Resh bravely volunteered for his final mission
15 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, heroically defending
16 Iraqi soldiers and his fellow servicepersons in fierce battle
17 against hundreds of militants near Najaf, Iraq; therefore be it
18 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life
19 and extend condolences for the supreme sacrifice of Captain Mark
20 T. Resh; and be it further
21 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
22 Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Resh, 7964 Wertman Road, Fogelsville PA
23 18051.
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