PRINTER'S NO. 3613
No. 610 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY GRELL, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BALDWIN, BASTIAN, BEBKO-
JONES, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BIANCUCCI, BISHOP, BUNT,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CAWLEY, CLYMER, COHEN,
CORRIGAN, COSTA, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALLY, DeLUCA,
DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EACHUS, J. EVANS,
FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER,
FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GODSHALL,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HANNA, HARHART, HARPER, HARRIS, HENNESSEY,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JAMES, KAUFFMAN,
M. KELLER, LEH, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK,
MARSICO, McGEEHAN, McGILL, McILHATTAN, METCALFE, MICOZZIE,
MILLARD, R. MILLER, MUSTIO, NAILOR, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PARKER,
PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PISTELLA, PYLE, QUIGLEY, RAMALEY,
RAPP, RAYMOND, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY, ROEBUCK, ROHRER,
ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO,
SCHRODER, SHANER, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, B. SMITH, S. H. SMITH,
SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STEIL, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SURRA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRUE, WANSACZ, WILT,
WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK, ZUG, THOMAS, McILHINNEY,
GINGRICH AND TURZAI, MARCH 6, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 6, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme
2 sacrifice of Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish of New
3 Kingstown, Cumberland County, assigned to the 3rd Marine
4 Division Detachment, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe,
5 Hawaii, who tragically lost his life in the service of his
6 country, in Afghanistan, on February 6, 2006.
7 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish was assigned
8 as medical corpsman to the 3rd Marine Division Detachment,
9 Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii; and
10 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish died
1 February 6, 2006, when enemy forces northwest of Methar Lam in
2 Laghman Province, Afghanistan, opened fire on the Marine patrol
3 with which he was serving; and
4 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish was
5 graduated from Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg,
6 Pennsylvania, in 1994; and
7 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish enlisted in
8 the Navy in 2002; and
9 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish served more
10 than two years at a fleet hospital based in Portsmouth,
11 Virginia; and
12 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish attended and
13 was graduated from Field Medical Service School in Fort
14 Pendleton, California, before being stationed in Hawaii last
15 January; and
16 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish was
17 previously deployed to Iraq in March 2003 to participate in
18 Operation Iraqi Freedom; and
19 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish later served
20 in a military hospital in Kuwait; and
21 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish received the
22 Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his service in Kuwait;
23 and
24 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish was promoted
25 to hospital corpsman third class in September 2005; and
26 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish had been in
27 Afghanistan since January of this year; and
28 WHEREAS, Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish is the son
29 of James L. and Jean L. (Rynard) Fralish of New Kingstown,
30 Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County; therefore be it
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1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives pay tribute to
2 and honor the memory of Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish,
3 with gratitude for his courage, leadership and selflessness in
4 his fight for freedom on behalf of the citizens of our nation
5 and of this Commonwealth; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend its
7 deepest condolences to Petty Officer 3rd Class John T. Fralish's
8 family and friends.
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