PRINTER'S NO. 1889
No. 325 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MANTZ, MENSCH, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BAKER, BEAR,
BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPELLI, CARROLL, CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN,
COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALLY, DeLUCA, DENLINGER,
DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS, EVERETT,
FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE,
GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL,
HARHART, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL,
JOSEPHS, M. KELLER, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, LENTZ, MAJOR,
MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, 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, SCHRODER, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY,
STABACK, STEIL, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SURRA, TANGRETTI,
J. TAYLOR, R. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH,
WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, QUINN AND D. O'BRIEN,
JUNE 13, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 13, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme
2 sacrifice of Marine Lance Corporal Brandon J. Van Parys of
3 New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, who was killed on February 5,
4 2007, when he was struck by a grenade while on patrol in
5 Anbar Province, Iraq.
6 WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Van Parys was born in Norristown, a son
7 of Alan J. Van Parys and Catherine Heritage Hearn; and
8 WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Van Parys was a 2005 graduate of
9 Northwestern Lehigh High School in New Tripoli; and
10 WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Van Parys attended Lehigh Carbon
1 Community College; and
2 WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Van Parys was a member of New Life
3 Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Tripoli; and
4 WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Van Parys was a junior firefighter with
5 Community Fire Company in New Tripoli; and
6 WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Van Parys's survivors, in addition to his
7 parents, include his siblings, Christopher Van Parys, Daniel Van
8 Parys, Samuel Hearn, Jesse Hearn and Ashley Hearn; and
9 WHEREAS, Lance Cpl. Van Parys proudly served with the 3rd
10 Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
11 Expeditionary Force; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life
13 and extend condolences for the supreme sacrifice of Lance Cpl.
14 Brandon J. Van Parys; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
16 the family of Lance Cpl. Brandon J. Van Parys.
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