PRINTER'S NO. 2660
No. 455 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, CLYMER, DiGIROLAMO, GALLOWAY, O'NEILL,
STEIL, WATSON, BAKER, BASTIAN, BEAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BISHOP,
BOBACK, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL,
CAUSER, CIVERA, COHEN, CONKLIN, COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER,
DALLY, DePASQUALE, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE,
GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GRUCELA,
HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON,
JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, KENNEY, KESSLER, KILLION, MAJOR, MANN,
MANTZ, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, McILHATTAN, MENSCH, METCALFE,
MICOZZIE, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MOUL, MUSTIO, NAILOR, PALLONE,
PAYNE, PERRY, PERZEL, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, RAPP, REED,
REICHLEY, ROAE, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STERN,
R. STEVENSON, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, R. TAYLOR, TRUE, TURZAI,
VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, M. KELLER,
YUDICHAK AND J. EVANS, OCTOBER 17, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 17, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life of Private First Class Robert H. Dembowski,
2 Jr., United States Army, 82nd Airborne Division, 1st
3 Battalion of the 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment, Bravo
4 Company, 2nd Platoon, who died while in the courageous
5 service of his nation on May 24, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq.
6 WHEREAS, Private First Class Robert H. Dembowski, Jr., U.S.
7 Army, 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Battalion of the 504 Parachute
8 Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon, died as a result
9 of small arms fire at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, on
10 Thursday, May 24, 2007; and
11 WHEREAS, PFC Dembowski was born in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania,
12 on August 10, 1986, to Frances M. and Robert H. Dembowski, Sr.;
1 and
2 WHEREAS, PFC Dembowski was a graduate of Council Rock High
3 School and Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, where he
4 enjoyed history classes, welding, serving on the high school
5 Student Advisory Board, competitive wrestling and hunting; and
6 WHEREAS, Following his enlistment in the U.S. Army, PFC
7 Dembowksi graduated in April 2006 from Basic Training at Fort
8 Benning and from Airborne School at Fort Bragg in May 2006; and
9 WHEREAS, PFC Dembowski was deployed to Iraq on January 2,
10 2007, where he served as a machine gunner; and
11 WHEREAS, PFC Dembowski's military awards include the Bronze
12 Star, Order of the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal,
13 the Good Conduct Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the National
14 Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service
15 Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Combat Infantryman Badge and
16 the Parachutist Badge; and
17 WHEREAS, PFC Dembowski is survived by his parents; by two
18 sisters, Janice and Amy Beth; by a brother, Frank; and by his
19 paternal grandmother, Eva Davison; and
20 WHEREAS, For his valor and courageous service in Iraq, and
21 for paying the supreme sacrifice for his nation, his fellow
22 citizens of Pennsylvania owe PFC Dembowski immense gratitude;
23 therefore be it
24 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives give honor for
25 the life of Private First Class Robert H. Dembowski, Jr., U.S.
26 Army, who died as a result of wounds suffered from small arms
27 fire on May 24, 2007, at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.
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