Full Text of SR0191 96th General Assembly
SR0191 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | | 3 |
| learn of the death of
United States Army Staff Sergeant Jeremy | | 4 |
| E. Bessa, who was killed in action in Khordi, Afghanistan on | | 5 |
| February 20, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom; | | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, SSG Jeremy Bessa was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on | | 8 |
| May 11, 1982; he lived in Woodridge for two years during his | | 9 |
| junior and senior years of high school at Downers Grove South; | | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, SSG Jeremy Bessa volunteered for military service | | 12 |
| in April of 2002, following the terrorist attacks on September | | 13 |
| 11, 2001; after earning the coveted "Green Beret" in March of | | 14 |
| 2007, he was assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort | | 15 |
| Bragg, North Carolina as a Special Forces Communications | | 16 |
| Sergeant; he was deployed to Afghanistan in January of 2009, | | 17 |
| his third deployment in support of the Global War on Terror and | | 18 |
| his second deployment to Afghanistan; and
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| WHEREAS, SSG Jeremy Bessa was posthumously awarded the | | 20 |
| Meritorious Service Medal, the Purple Heart, and the Bronze | | 21 |
| Star in honor of his courage and dedication to his country; and
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| WHEREAS, SSG Jeremy Bessa is survived by his wife, Lindsey | | 2 |
| Melton Bessa; his son, Carson; his parents, Ted and Julie | | 3 |
| Bessa; his brothers, Christopher and Joel Bessa; and his | | 4 |
| sister, Bryana Bessa; and
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| WHEREAS, SSG Jeremy Bessa's patriotism and courage will be | | 6 |
| remembered fondly by his loving family, his fellow soldiers, | | 7 |
| and the citizens of our grateful nation; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of United States Army Staff | | 11 |
| Sergeant Jeremy E. Bessa; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Staff Sergeant Jeremy | | 13 |
| Bessa and his willingness to serve our country, which led to | | 14 |
| him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 16 |
| presented to the family of Staff Sergeant Jeremy Bessa as an | | 17 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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