THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY SAINATO, GIBBONS, MARSHALL, LONGIETTI, CAUSER, BROOKS, BAKER, BARBIN, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BRENNAN, AUMENT, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, COX, DELOZIER, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FARRY, GABLER, GEORGE, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, HAHN, HALUSKA, HARHART, HARPER, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, M. K. KELLER, W. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KOTIK, MAHER, MAHONEY, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MATZIE, McGEEHAN, METZGAR, MICCARELLI, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MOUL, MULLERY, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, RAPP, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, REED, ROCK, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SANTARSIERO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, TAYLOR, TOEPEL, WATSON, WHITE AND YOUNGBLOOD, DECEMBER 5, 2011

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, DECEMBER 5, 2011  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring the life of United States Staff Sergeant Edward D.

Mills, Jr., who was killed in action on Thursday, May 26,

2011, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, during a combat

mission supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

WHEREAS, Edward D. Mills, Jr., was born on October 7, 1981,

in New Castle to Edward Mills, Sr., and Kathie Kirkwood

Greenawalt; and

WHEREAS, Edward Mills, Jr., was a 2000 graduate of Union High

School; and

WHEREAS, Edward Mills, Jr., entered the United States Army in

January 2005; and

WHEREAS, Edward Mills, Jr., was subsequently promoted to the

rank of staff sergeant and assigned to Fox Company,

(Pathfinder), 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th

Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault),

Fort Campbell, Kentucky; and

WHEREAS, On Thursday, May 26, 2011, while serving on his

third overseas tour of duty, Staff Sergeant Edward D. Mills,

Jr., made the ultimate sacrifice for his country when he was

killed in action while on a foot patrol in Kandahar Province,

Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his patrol with an

improvised explosive device; and

WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Mills' awards and decorations include

the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement

Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service

Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Arrowhead Device, the

Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal,

the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the North

Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal, the Air Assault Badge, the

Parachutist Badge, the Pathfinder Badge and the Combat

Infantryman Badge; and

WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Mills was posthumously awarded the

Medal of Valor; and

WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Mills is survived by his widow,

Amanda Brenner; his mother and father, Kathie L. and Jeff

Greenawalt; his brothers, Jarod Mills and Lucas Greenawalt; his

sister and brother-in-law, Tiffany and Brian Cast; and extended

family and friends; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life of

Staff Sergeant Edward D. Mills, Jr., who was killed in action on

May 26, 2011, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, while

supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and extend its condolences

to his family and friends.