PRINTER'S NO. 2889
No. 481 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, PICKETT, STABACK, ARMSTRONG, BAKER,
BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BIRMELIN, BISHOP, BUNT,
BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, COHEN, CORRIGAN,
CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO,
DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GEIST,
GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GRUCELA, HARRIS,
HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JAMES,
KAUFFMAN, KOTIK, LEDERER, LEH, MACKERETH, MANDERINO, MANN,
MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGILL, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MUSTIO,
NAILOR, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PERZEL, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PYLE,
READSHAW, REED, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SHANER, S. H. SMITH,
SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STEIL, STERN, R. STEVENSON, TURZAI, WALKO,
WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK, ZUG, DeLUCA, J. EVANS,
PISTELLA, THOMAS, M. KELLER, TIGUE, E. Z. TAYLOR, SURRA,
B. SMITH AND CLYMER, OCTOBER 21, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 21, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Expressing condolences on the death of United States Army
2 Specialist Lee A. Wiegand.
3 WHEREAS, United States Army Specialist Lee A. Wiegand was
4 killed when an improvised explosive device exploded under his
5 M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle near Ramadi, Iraq, on September
6 28, 2005; and
7 WHEREAS, Spc. Wiegand was a resident of Great Bend,
8 Susquehanna County, and was assigned to the Pennsylvania Army
9 National Guard's 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th
10 Infantry Division, New Milford; and
1 WHEREAS, Spc. Wiegand was a gregarious young man as well as a
2 dependable employee who always had time to help others; and
3 WHEREAS, Spc. Wiegand had an excellent sense of humor and a
4 talent for drawing and making people laugh; and
5 WHEREAS, Spc. Wiegand is survived by his wife, Jessica, and
6 newborn daughter, Jordan; and
7 WHEREAS, Spc. Wiegand will be posthumously awarded the Purple
8 Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge; therefore be it
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives express
10 condolences on the death of United States Army Specialist Lee A.
11 Wiegand and honor his life and the ultimate sacrifice he made;
12 and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
14 the family of the late Spc. Lee A. Wiegand.
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