PRINTER'S NO. 2256
No. 384 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 Army Specialist Timothy J. Lauer, a member of
3 the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th
4 Infantry Division, who tragically lost his life in service to
5 our country in Iraq on October 14, 2006.
6 WHEREAS, Specialist Lauer was born September 30, 1981; and
7 WHEREAS, Specialist Lauer was a 2000 graduate of the Crawford
8 County Vocational-Technical School and Cochranton Junior-Senior
9 High School, where he participated in baseball and football; and
10 WHEREAS, Specialist Lauer enjoyed bowling, fishing, hunting
11 and playing cards; and
12 WHEREAS, Spec. Lauer attended Blooming Valley United
13 Methodist Church in Meadville, Crawford County; and
14 WHEREAS, Spec. Lauer served as a member of the 1st Battalion,
15 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, based
16 out of Fort Hood, Texas; and
17 WHEREAS, On October 14, 2006, Spec. Lauer was on a convoy
18 resupply mission in Baghdad, Iraq, when a roadside bomb
19 detonated near the vehicle, killing him; and
1 WHEREAS, Spec. Lauer was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star
2 and Purple Heart; and
3 WHEREAS, Spec. Lauer is survived by his loving wife Valerie
4 Lauer, his stepchildren Charity Covell, Stephanie Covell, Carrie
5 Covell and Jordan Covell, his father Vincent Lauer, his mother
6 Deborah Dye and many other family members; and
7 WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the tragic loss of this
8 young man and recognize his love of life, indomitable courage,
9 enduring spirit and exemplary record of service; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the life and extend
11 condolences for the supreme sacrifice of Army Specialist Timothy
12 J. Lauer, a member of the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment,
13 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, who tragically lost his life
14 in service to our country in Iraq on October 14, 2006.
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