THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY COX, CALTAGIRONE, BOYD, ADOLPH, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BRADFORD, BRIGGS, BROOKS, BUXTON, CARROLL, CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, P. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALEY, DALLY, DAY, DELOZIER, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FARRY, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEIST, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARPER, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KULA, LEVDANSKY, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McCALL, McGEEHAN, METCALFE, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, OBERLANDER, D. O'BRIEN, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PEIFER, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REESE, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROHRER, ROSS, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, R. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, WALKO, WATSON, WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, NOVEMBER 16, 2009

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, NOVEMBER 16, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing with sadness the supreme sacrifice of Corporal

Jonathan M. Walls, who was killed in action in Kandahar

province in Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his patrol

with improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled

grenades while he was courageously serving our nation.

WHEREAS, Army Corporal Jonathan M. Walls, a 2001 graduate of

Wilson High School, was one of three soldiers killed in Kandahar

province when insurgents attacked their patrol with improvised

explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades; and

WHEREAS, Two other soldiers, Pfc. Richard K. Jones, 21,

Person, North Carolina, and Pvt. Patrick S. Fitzgibbon, 19,

Knoxville, Tennessee, were also killed in the same attack; and

WHEREAS, All three were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th

Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry

Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, Corporal Walls lived with his wife, Meghan, and

three children in Fort Carson; and

WHEREAS, In addition to his wife and three children, Corporal

Walls is survived by his father, Steven A. Walls and his mother,

Lisa K. Rowe; and

Whereas, Corporal Walls' death came a few weeks after he had

narrowly escaped another explosion that damaged his hearing; and

WHEREAS, This was Corporal Walls' second tour of duty, his

first having been with the Stryker Brigade in Iraq; and

WHEREAS, Corporal Walls was the ninth service member with

ties to Berks County that has been killed while serving in

either Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom;

therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize with

sadness the supreme sacrifice of Corporal Jonathan M. Walls, who

was killed in action while courageously serving our nation in

Afghanistan; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend

condolences to Corporal Walls' wife and children and to his

parents.