PRINTER'S NO. 2255
No. 383 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, NOVEMBER 20, 2006
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, NOVEMBER 20, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme
2 sacrifice of Sergeant First Class Daniel A. Brozovich, a
3 member of the 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Battalion,
4 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, who
5 tragically lost his life in service to our country in Iraq on
6 October 18, 2006.
7 WHEREAS, Sergeant First Class Daniel Anthony Brozovich was
8 born on April 20, 1964, in Greenville, Mercer County; and
9 WHEREAS, Sgt. 1st Class Brozovich was a resident of
10 Greenville, Mercer County, and employed as a general foreman by
11 the State Regional Correctional Facility at Mercer; and
12 WHEREAS, Sgt. 1st Class Brozovich served as an active duty
13 United States Marine from 1982 to 1986; and
14 WHEREAS, After his service in the United States Marine Corps,
15 Sgt. 1st Class Brozovich joined the Pennsylvania Army National
16 Guard and was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 107th Field
17 Artillery Battalion, 28th Infantry Division in New Castle,
18 Lawrence County; and
19 WHEREAS, Sgt. 1st Class Brozovich deployed to Europe in 2002
1 providing security at NATO military installations as part of the
2 Task Force Keystone and deployed to Iraq in 2004 supporting
3 military police operations; and
4 WHEREAS, Sgt. 1st Class Brozovich deployed for his most
5 recent tour of combat in September 2006, and was assigned to the
6 1st Battalion, 213th Air Defense Artillery, based out of Spring
7 City, Chester County; and
8 WHEREAS, On October 18, 2006, Sgt. 1st Class Brozovich was
9 the commander of an M-1117 armored security vehicle and was on a
10 multivehicle patrol in Ashraf, Iraq, when a roadside bomb
11 detonated near the vehicle, killing him and injuring Specialist
12 Ryan Griffin, Pittsburgh, Specialist Robert Kaminski, Allison
13 Park and Private Joshua Humberger, Grapeville; and
14 WHEREAS, Sgt. 1st Class Brozovich was awarded the Army
15 Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Global War on
16 Terrorism Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces
17 Expeditionary Medal and the Navy Good Conduct Medal and
18 posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Combat Action
19 Badge; and
20 WHEREAS, Sgt. 1st Class Brozovich is survived by his loving
21 wife Mary Brozovich, his son Ryan D. Brozovich, his stepdaughter
22 Carrie Negrich, his father Anthony J. Brozovich and his wife
23 Elizabeth, his mother Gloria Coda Pollock and her husband James,
24 his brothers Barry and David Brozovich, his brothers-in-law
25 Richard Stevens, Jr., and Michael Stevens and many other
26 relatives; and
27 WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the tragic loss of this
28 young man and recognize his love of country, indomitable
29 courage, voracious spirit, capacity to love and exemplary record
30 of service; therefore be it
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1 RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the life and extend
2 condolences for the supreme sacrifice of Sergeant First Class
3 Daniel A. Brozovich, a member of the 1st Battalion, 107th Field
4 Artillery Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania
5 National Guard, who tragically lost his life in service to our
6 country in Iraq on October 18, 2006.
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