| PRINTER'S NO. 775 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. | 94 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, HARHAI, DUNBAR, HAGGERTY, PICKETT, SAYLOR, J. HARRIS, COX, CONKLIN, METZGAR, SAINATO, AUMENT, LONGIETTI, BENNINGHOFF, O'BRIEN, DIGIROLAMO, SANTARSIERO, SACCONE, MILLARD, MICOZZIE, KAUFFMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, MACKENZIE, W. KELLER, M. K. KELLER, V. BROWN, MCNEILL, MUSTIO, STERN, BROOKS, GINGRICH, BROWNLEE, MAJOR, CAUSER, HAHN, RAVENSTAHL, BAKER, VEREB, K. BOYLE, EMRICK, TOEPEL, HICKERNELL, HALUSKA, ROSS, DAVIS, DELOZIER, RAPP, KORTZ, MARSHALL, CARROLL, HARHART, MOUL, DEASY, GODSHALL, MCGEEHAN, D. COSTA, FRANKEL, TALLMAN, TAYLOR, YOUNGBLOOD, CALTAGIRONE, EVERETT, HESS, GROVE, READSHAW, FLECK, WATSON, ROZZI, PAYNE, MILLER, MCCARTER, MULLERY, GOODMAN, DENLINGER, STEVENSON, WHITE, KINSEY, DELUCA, MATZIE, MURT, GILLEN, GRELL, GABLER, COHEN, BRADFORD, FREEMAN AND ADOLPH, FEBRUARY 13, 2013
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 13, 2013
RESOLUTION
1Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme
2sacrifice of United States Navy Petty Officer 1st Class
3Nicolas D. Checque, who tragically died of combat-related
4injuries suffered December 8, 2012, while supporting
5operations near Kabul, Afghanistan.
6WHEREAS, Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque was
7raised in western Pennsylvania, graduating in 2002 from Norwin
8High School where he was a member of the wrestling team and
9classmates describe him as an "extraordinary, driven young man";
10and
11WHEREAS, Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque joined
12the Navy in 2002 after graduating from high school and after
13receiving training joined the SEAL program in April 2003; and
1WHEREAS, Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque received
2the Bronze star and several other awards during his ten-year
3career; and
4WHEREAS, Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque was a
5member of the Navy's Special Warfare Development Group, more
6commonly known as SEAL Team Six, the same unit that took part in
7the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden;
8WHEREAS, Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque sustained
9fatal injuries during his participation in SEAL Team Six's
10successful rescue of a captive doctor and two aid workers in
11Afghanistan; therefore be it
12RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life
13and extend condolences for the supreme sacrifice of United
14States Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque, who
15tragically died of combat-related injuries suffered December 8,
162012, while supporting operations near Kabul, Afghanistan.