THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY COHEN, THOMAS, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, BOYLE, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BROOKS, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CASORIO, CAUSER, CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, CONKLIN, COX, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, CUTLER, DALEY, DELOZIER, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FARRY, FLECK, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, GRUCELA, HAHN, HARHART, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HOUGHTON, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KESSLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KRIEGER, KULA, LENTZ, LEVDANSKY, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MATZIE, McGEEHAN, MELIO, METCALFE, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MOUL, MURPHY, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, OLIVER, PALLONE, PARKER, PAYNE, PERZEL, PETRI, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REESE, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SEIP, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR, R. TAYLOR, TOEPEL, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WAGNER, WATSON, WHEATLEY AND YOUNGBLOOD, AUGUST 16, 2010

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, AUGUST 16, 2010  

A RESOLUTION

Extending condolences to the family of Private First Class David

Anthony Jefferson, who died July 2, 2010, in Kandahar,

Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked

his unit using an improvised explosive device.

WHEREAS, Private First Class (PFC) David Anthony Jefferson

was the son of two Army veterans and brother of a member of the

Air Force, so service to our country was second nature to him;

and

WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Philadelphia, PFC Jefferson

attended Lankenau High School in Germantown and entered the

military to follow the family tradition; and

WHEREAS, PFC Jefferson, a medic, was assigned to the 1st

Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,

101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), at Fort Campbell,

Kentucky; and

WHEREAS, PFC Jefferson was deployed to Afghanistan in May in

support of Operation Enduring Freedom and died July 2, 2010, in

Kandahar of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit

using an improvised explosive device; and

WHEREAS, When PFC Jefferson's body arrived at Dover Air Force

Base on Sunday evening, July 4, his father, a 30-year Army

veteran, was there for him and for the customary ceremony of a

fallen soldier; and

WHEREAS, PFC Jefferson, who was predeceased by his mother,

Annette, is survived by his wife, Darniece T. Melton-Jefferson;

his son, Ian; his father, James; his brother, William; his

grandmother, Mildred; and a large family who will always

remember him as a quiet, caring, calm and loving young man; and

WHEREAS, PFC Jefferson courageously gave his life and paid

the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of our country, and he

will always be remembered for his heroism; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend

condolences to the family of Private First Class David Anthony

Jefferson, who died July 2, 2010, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of

injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an

improvised explosive device; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to

his wife, Darniece Melton-Jefferson, and grandmother, Mildred

Jefferson, at 1454 W Sparks St. Philadelphia PA 19141.