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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are
3saddened to learn of the death of United States Marine Corps
4Lance Corporal Nickolas Daniels of Elmwood Park, who passed
5away on November 5, 2011; and
 
6    WHEREAS, L. Cpl. Nickolas Daniels graduated from St.
7Patrick High School in Chicago in 2004; he excelled in sports,
8especially football, where he played linebacker and made
9All-Conference his senior year; and
 
10    WHEREAS, After high school, L. Cpl. Nickolas Daniels went
11to college for a semester, but found out it was not for him; he
12then worked several jobs in Elmwood Park and coached football
13at his high school alma mater, but decided to join the United
14States Marine Corps because he believed it would help him reach
15his goal of becoming a police officer; and
 
16    WHEREAS, L. Cpl. Nickolas Daniels served his country with
17pride as a member of the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion of the
181st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force out of
19Twentynine Palms, California; after graduating from basic
20training in January of 2010, he was sent on his first
21deployment as a combat engineer on September 4, 2011; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, L. Cpl. Nickolas Daniels is survived by his
2parents, Greg and Debi; his siblings, Kati, Billy, and Lonny
3Daniels; and his fiancee, Katie O'Neil; and
 
4    WHEREAS, L. Cpl. Nickolas Daniels' patriotism and courage
5will be remembered fondly by his loving family, his fellow
6soldiers, and the citizens of our grateful nation; therefore,
7be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
10SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we mourn, along with his family
11and friends, the passing of United States Marine Corps Lance
12Corporal Nickolas Daniels; and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14presented to the family of L. Cpl. Nickolas Daniels as an
15expression of our sympathy.