PRINTER'S NO. 4395
No. 895 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY PYLE, ADOLPH, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BEYER,
BISHOP, BOBACK, BRENNAN, BROOKS, BUXTON, CAPPELLI, CARROLL,
CASORIO, CAUSER, CLYMER, CONKLIN, COX, CREIGHTON, CRUZ,
CUTLER, DALLY, DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, ELLIS, EVERETT,
FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN,
GRELL, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL,
HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS, M. KELLER, KENNEY,
KESSLER, KILLION, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MACKERETH, MAHER, MAJOR,
MANTZ, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, McILHATTAN, MENSCH, METCALFE,
MICOZZIE, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, NAILOR,
M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PEIFER,
PERRY, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REED,
REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI,
SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SEIP, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH,
S. H. SMITH, SONNEY, STEIL, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SWANGER,
J. TAYLOR, R. TAYLOR, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH,
WATERS, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme
2 sacrifice of Private First Class Joshua Waltenbaugh of the
3 United States Army who valiantly lost his life on June 3,
4 2008, while in brave service to our country.
5 WHEREAS, Private First Class Joshua Waltenbaugh was serving
6 his country on June 3, 2008, near Taji, a town ten miles north
7 of Baghdad, when he was killed by small arms fire; and
8 WHEREAS, PFC Waltenbaugh selflessly volunteered for the
9 United States Army as a high school junior and completed basic
10 training at Fort Leonard Wood between his junior and senior
11 years of high school; and
1 WHEREAS, After graduating from Lenape Technical School in
2 2007, PFC. Waltenbaugh commenced active duty and was stationed
3 at Fort Hood, Texas, before being deployed to Iraq; and
4 WHEREAS, PFC Waltenbaugh was a specialist in helicopter
5 engine repair and a member of the army's downed aircraft
6 recovery team with the 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry
7 Regiment; and
8 WHEREAS, In his hometown of Shay, Kittanning Township, PFC
9 Waltenbaugh was active in community service, participating in
10 the Boy Scounts and Habitat for Humanity; and
11 WHEREAS, PFC Waltenbaugh is survived by his wife, Misti Walls
12 Waltenbaugh, his parents, Bill and Bonnie Waltenbaugh, brothers,
13 Bill Crawford and James Darney, who is a sergeant in the United
14 States Army Reserve, and sisters, Erin Darney and Jill
15 Waltenbaugh; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life
17 and extend condolences for the supreme sacrifice of Private
18 First Class Joshua Waltenbaugh who died on June 3, 2008, in Iraq
19 while in the brave service of our country; and be it further
20 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
21 Private First Class Joshua Waltenbaugh's wife, Misti Walls
22 Waltenbaugh and his parents, Bill and Bonnie Waltenbaugh.
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