PRINTER'S NO. 2494
No. 404 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY RAMALEY, PISTELLA, WALKO, GOODMAN, DeWEESE, BAKER,
BARRAR, BISHOP, BLACKWELL, CORNELL, DALEY, FAIRCHILD,
FICHTER, FORCIER, FREEMAN, GERGELY, GRELL, GRUCELA, HARHAI,
HARPER, HENNESSEY, JAMES, KOTIK, LaGROTTA, LEDERER,
MANDERINO, MARKOSEK, McGEEHAN, PALLONE, PETRARCA, RAPP,
REICHLEY, ROEBUCK, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, TIGUE, TURZAI, WATERS, YOUNGBLOOD
AND BALDWIN, JULY 3, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JULY 3, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Paying tribute to and honoring the memory of Specialist Robert
2 E. Hall, Jr., a member of the Army Reserve's 467th Engineer
3 Battalion, who tragically lost his life on June 28, 2005,
4 while on active duty in Iraq.
5 WHEREAS, Specialist Robert E. Hall, Jr., was a resident of
6 Allegheny County and served in the Army Reserve's 467th Engineer
7 Battalion out of Greenwood, Mississippi; and
8 WHEREAS, Specialist Robert E. Hall, Jr., graduated from North
9 Hills High School in 1993 and enlisted in the United States Army
10 Reserve in 1997, where he was released after honorably
11 completing his tour of duty; and
12 WHEREAS, On September 11, 2004, Specialist Robert E. Hall,
13 Jr., was activated for a tour of duty in Iraq as a member of the
14 United States Army Reserve's 467th Engineer Battalion and
15 deployed to Iraq on January 1, 2005; and
1 WHEREAS, Specialist Robert E. Hall, Jr., had been in Iraq
2 less than seven months when he was tragically killed as a result
3 of an explosion caused by a car bomb while guarding the gate to
4 the 467th Engineer Battalion's base in Ad Dujayl; and
5 WHEREAS, Specialist Robert E. Hall, Jr., was 30 years of age
6 and is survived by his wife, Tracie Hall; a three-year-old
7 daughter, Rachael; his mother, Mildred E. Beachem and her
8 husband, James; a brother, Stephen Hall; and two sisters, Tara
9 Seamon and Lori Unver; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives pay tribute to
11 and honor the memory of Specialist Robert E. Hall, Jr., with
12 gratitude for his courage, leadership and selflessness in his
13 fight for freedom on behalf of the citizens of our nation and of
14 this Commonwealth; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend its
16 deepest condolences to Specialist Robert E. Hall, Jr.'s family
17 and friends.
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