PRINTER'S NO. 2592
No. 438 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY QUINN, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR,
BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, BROOKS, CAPPELLI,
CARROLL, CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER, COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON,
CURRY, CUTLER, DALLY, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, ELLIS,
EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GERGELY,
GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, HARHART, HARKINS,
HARPER, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL,
HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, W. KELLER, KENNEY,
KESSLER, KILLION, KING, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LEACH, LENTZ,
LONGIETTI, MACKERETH, MAHER, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANDERINO,
MANTZ, MARSHALL, McCALL, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MENSCH, METCALFE,
MICOZZIE, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MOYER, MUNDY,
MURT, MUSTIO, NAILOR, NICKOL, M. O'BRIEN, OLIVER, O'NEILL,
PALLONE, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PEIFER, PERRY, PERZEL, PETRI,
PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PRESTON, PYLE, QUIGLEY, RAMALEY, RAPP,
RAYMOND, REED, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SABATINA, SAINATO, SAMUELSON, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER,
SIPTROTH, M. SMITH, S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STEIL,
STERN, R. STEVENSON, SURRA, SWANGER, TANGRETTI, J. TAYLOR,
R. TAYLOR, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, WILLIAMS,
WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 4, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 4, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life and service of First Lieutenant Colby J.
2 Umbrell, U.S. Army, 25th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion,
3 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team,
4 who died on May 3, 2007, in Musayyib, Iraq, and who
5 courageously paid the supreme sacrifice in the service of his
6 country.
7 WHEREAS, First Lieutenant Colby J. Umbrell, 25th Infantry
8 Division, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th
9 Brigade Combat Team, died on May 3, 2007, from wounds inflicted
10 by an improvised explosive device which detonated near his
1 vehicle in Musayyib, Iraq; and
2 WHEREAS, Lt. Umbrell was a resident of Doylestown and was a
3 1999 graduate of Central Bucks East High School, where he was
4 co-captain of the football team, a member of the track team and
5 an outstanding leader and all-around student-athlete; and
6 WHEREAS, Lt. Umbrell continued his studies at Wyoming
7 Seminary and Johns Hopkins University, where he played football
8 and graduated in 2004 with a degree in political science; and
9 WHEREAS, Following graduation from Johns Hopkins University,
10 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed for a year in
11 Alaska before deploying for Iraq; and
12 WHEREAS, Lt. Umbrell, a marathon runner and triathlete,
13 trimmed down 50 pounds to convert himself from a defensive
14 lineman to a parachutist and further undertook a mission to
15 bring school supplies to children in Iraq; and
16 WHEREAS, This gallant and uncommon man is survived by his
17 parents, Nancy and Mark Umbrell of Doylestown, and by two
18 brothers and a sister; and
19 WHEREAS, For his valor and his courageous service in Iraq,
20 and for paying the supreme sacrifice for his nation, his fellow
21 citizens of Pennsylvania owe Lt. Umbrell immense gratitude;
22 therefore be it
23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life of
24 First Lieutenant Colby J. Umbrell, U.S. Army, 25th Infantry
25 Division, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th
26 Brigade Combat Team, who died on May 3, 2007, in Musayyib, Iraq,
27 and who courageously paid the supreme sacrifice in the service
28 of his country.
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