PRINTER'S NO. 2891
No. 483 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, PICKETT, BIRMELIN, STABACK, ALLEN, ARGALL,
ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BUNT,
BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER, COHEN,
CORRIGAN, COSTA, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DeLUCA,
DENLINGER, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO,
FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GEIST, GEORGE,
GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GRUCELA, HARRIS,
HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JAMES,
KAUFFMAN, KENNEY, KILLION, KOTIK, LEDERER, LEH, MACKERETH,
MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, McGILL, McILHATTAN,
McILHINNEY, MILLARD, MUSTIO, NAILOR, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PETRONE,
PHILLIPS, PYLE, RAMALEY, READSHAW, REED, ROEBUCK, ROHRER,
ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER, SHANER, S. H. SMITH,
SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STEIL, STERN, R. STEVENSON, WALKO, WATSON,
WILT, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK, ZUG, ADOLPH,
PISTELLA, M. KELLER, B. SMITH, THOMAS, E. Z. TAYLOR,
SCAVELLO, TIGUE, SURRA AND GOOD, OCTOBER 21, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 21, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme
2 sacrifice of Specialist William L. Evans, Pennsylvania
3 National Guard Company C, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry
4 Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, who tragically lost his
5 life while in the service of his country when an improvised
6 explosive device was detonated near his Bradley Fighting
7 Vehicle in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on September 19, 2005.
8 WHEREAS, Specialist William L. Evans, of Hallstead, graduated
9 in 2002 from Blue Ridge High School, where he was a popular
10 student, was on the track team and was an active member of band
11 and choir; and
12 WHEREAS, Spc. Evans, a gifted photographer, worked part time
1 as a professional photographer during his senior year of high
2 school and "had one of the best eyes of any photographer I have
3 ever seen," according to Rick Craige, owner of Craige's
4 Photique, where Evans continued to work following graduation;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, Spc. Evans enlisted in the Pennsylvania National
7 Guard in 2003, and his unit deployed to Iraq in 2005 for the
8 purpose of performing stability and support operations in Ar
9 Ramadi, capital of Anbar province; and
10 WHEREAS, Spc. Evans died tragically from injuries received
11 after an improvised explosive device was detonated near the M2A2
12 Bradley Fighting Vehicle he was driving in Ar Ramadi, Iraq; and
13 WHEREAS, Spc. Evans was one of four servicepersons killed in
14 the incident, three of whom were from Pennsylvania; and
15 WHEREAS, Spc. Evans, beloved son of Judy and Bill Evans and
16 brother of Josh and Heather, was courageously serving his
17 country and the campaign for Iraqi Enduring Freedom at the time
18 of his death; and
19 WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the tragic loss of this
20 young man and his indomitable courage, good humor, enduring
21 spirit, capacity to love and exemplary record of service;
22 therefore be it
23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life
24 and extend condolences for the supreme sacrifice of Spc. William
25 L. Evans, who died on September 19, 2005, in Iraq while in the
26 courageous service of his country; and be it further
27 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
28 Mr. and Mrs. William Evans of Hallstead, Pennsylvania.
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