PRINTER'S NO. 3879
No. 782 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY CASORIO, COHEN, D. EVANS, SURRA, BAKER, BELFANTI,
BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, BRENNAN, BROOKS,
BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER, CONKLIN,
COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALEY, DeLUCA, DENLINGER,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE,
GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART,
HARKINS, HARPER, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS,
JAMES, M. KELLER, KENNEY, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA,
MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN,
MELIO, METCALFE, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MOYER,
MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, NAILOR, D. O'BRIEN, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL,
PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PERRY, PETRARCA, PETRI, PETRONE, PHILLIPS,
PICKETT, PYLE, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE,
ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO,
SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK,
STEIL, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SWANGER, R. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRUE,
VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WANSACZ, WATSON, J. WHITE,
WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, JUNE 10, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 10, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme
2 sacrifice of Special Agent Staff Sergeant David A. Wieger of
3 the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations,
4 who valiantly lost his life while in brave service to our
5 country on November 1, 2007.
6 WHEREAS, While returning from a meeting with sources for an
7 intelligence investigation, Special Agent Staff Sergeant David
8 A. Wieger and two other men were killed when their convoy hit an
9 improvised explosive device near the Balad Air Base, north of
10 Baghdad, where they were stationed; and
1 WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Wieger, who was on his first tour of duty
2 in Iraq, was a Special Agent assigned to the Air Force Office of
3 Special Investigations, where he performed reconnaissance
4 missions and gathered combat intelligence; and
5 WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Wieger, of North Huntingdon, Westmoreland
6 County, was a 1997 graduate of Norwin High School and later
7 attended Westmoreland County Community College, where he studied
8 criminal justice; and
9 WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Wieger enlisted in the United States Air
10 Force in 1998, attended basic training at Lackland Air Force
11 Base in Texas and reenlisted with the Air Force after his
12 initial six-year commitment had been fulfilled; and
13 WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Wieger, who was 28 years of age, loved
14 spending time with his friends and family and is survived by his
15 mother and father, Lori and Michael Wieger and a brother,
16 Michael Wieger; and
17 WHEREAS, Because of his courage, patriotism and dedication to
18 the United States of America, Staff Sgt. Wieger has been awarded
19 the Bronze Star Medal; therefore be it
20 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life
21 and extend condolences for the supreme sacrifice of Special
22 Agent Staff Sergeant David A. Wieger, who died on November 1,
23 2007, in Iraq, while in the brave service of our country; and be
24 it further
25 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
26 the parents of Special Agent Staff Sergeant David A. Wieger, Mr.
27 and Mrs. Michael Wieger.
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