PRINTER'S NO. 1635
No. 288 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GRELL, BAKER, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BOYD,
BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER, COHEN,
COX, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI,
D. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH,
GODSHALL, GOODMAN, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS,
HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KENNEY, KOTIK, KULA, MAJOR,
MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, METCALFE, MILLARD,
R. MILLER, MOUL, MOYER, MUSTIO, NAILOR, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE,
PAYNE, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PYLE, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW,
REICHLEY, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR,
SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY,
STEIL, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SURRA, J. TAYLOR, R. TAYLOR,
TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD,
YUDICHAK, KILLION, PETRI, EVERETT AND SHIMKUS, MAY 22, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 22, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life of Commander Philip Murphy-Sweet, who paid the
2 supreme sacrifice on April 7, 2007, when he died from
3 injuries inflicted in Baghdad, Iraq, by an improvised
4 explosive device.
5 WHEREAS, Commander Philip Murphy-Sweet, a United States Naval
6 Supply Officer who was stationed at the Naval Inventory Control
7 Point in Hampden Township, Cumberland County, was on a special
8 six-month assignment to Iraq when he was grievously injured by
9 an improvised explosive device on April 7, 2007; and
10 WHEREAS, Commander Murphy-Sweet, a 19-year veteran of the
11 Navy, died as a result of these tragic injuries, paying the
12 supreme sacrifice while in the service of his country; and
1 WHEREAS, Commander Murphy-Sweet was a source of inspiration
2 and strength to his family and a strong leader to those who knew
3 and worked with him professionally as well as in church and
4 community service projects; and
5 WHEREAS, A native of Idaho, Commander Murphy-Sweet is
6 survived by his wife Cheryl and their three children, Olivia,
7 Seth and Lauren, and by his parents, two sisters and two
8 brothers; and
9 WHEREAS, It is fitting to recognize the exemplary life and
10 accomplishments of this fallen warrior; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life of
12 Commander Philip Murphy-Sweet, who paid the supreme sacrifice on
13 April 7, 2007, when he died from injuries inflicted in Baghdad,
14 Iraq, by an improvised explosive device.
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