THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, MILLER, GILLESPIE, PERRY, DePASQUALE, GROVE, TALLMAN, MAJOR, STEVENSON, REED, ADOLPH, AUMENT, BAKER, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, BROOKS, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CLYMER, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALEY, DEASY, DELOZIER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, HAHN, HALUSKA, HARHART, HARRIS, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, METCALFE, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MURPHY, MURT, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, D. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PETRI, RAPP, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SACCONE, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, K. SMITH, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, TAYLOR, THOMAS, TOEPEL, TOOHIL, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WHEATLEY, YOUNGBLOOD AND CAUSER, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring Marine Sergeant Christopher M. Wrinkle of York County,

who was killed in Afghanistan on July 31, 2011.

WHEREAS, Christopher M. Wrinkle, 29, was born in Washington,

DC, on February 3, 1982, and graduated from Dallastown High

School in 2001; and

WHEREAS, He was a member of his high school's wrestling team

and enjoyed playing the trumpet and guitar; and

WHEREAS, A resident of Dallastown, Sergeant Wrinkle was

assigned to 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine

Special Operations Regiment, United States Marine Corps Forces

Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, He was a member of MARSOC, the Marines' equivalent

of the Army Rangers or the Navy SEALS; and

WHEREAS, Sergeant Wrinkle served in the Dominican Republic,

Haiti, Iraq and Afghanistan; and

WHEREAS, On July 31, 2011, Sergeant Wrinkle died in support

of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan's Herat province;

and

WHEREAS, He was a dog handler, and his military dog, Tosca,

also died; and

WHEREAS, Also killed was Staff Sergeant Patrick R. Dolphin,

of Lackawanna County and Dennis E. Kancler, of Ohio; and

WHEREAS, Sergeant Wrinkle is survived by his mother, Joan

Snyder and her husband, Kim; father, Carl M. Wrinkle; brother,

Mike Wrinkle; two sisters, Katherine Snyder and Karoline Snyder,

half sister, Becca Wrinkle, maternal grandparents, Phyllis and

Clair Runkle; grandmother, Frances Snyder; fiancée, Elizabeth

Cunnings and extended family; and

WHEREAS, Sergeant Wrinkle died in the courageous and valorous

service of his grateful nation and has earned the lasting

admiration and honor of its citizens; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life of

Marine Sergeant Christopher M. Wrinkle and extend condolences to

his family and friends.