Full Text of SR0075 95th General Assembly
SR0075 95TH 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 in Afghanistan of Specialist Ryan C. Garbs | 4 |
| of Edwardsville on February 18, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Ryan C. Garbs was mortally injured in a | 6 |
| helicopter crash while executing operations in support of | 7 |
| Operation Enduring Freedom; he was assigned to Company B, 3rd | 8 |
| Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Georgia; and
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| WHEREAS, Ryan Garbs was born October 17, 1986 in Maryville, | 10 |
| the son of Douglas & Jill Anne Burkard Garbs; he was a member | 11 |
| of Glen Carbon New Bethel United Methodist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduating from Edwardsville High School in | 13 |
| 2005, Specialist Garbs entered the United States Army, | 14 |
| completing basic training and advanced individual training in | 15 |
| the military occupational specialty of Infantryman at Fort | 16 |
| Benning, Georgia; he continued his military training and | 17 |
| graduated from the United States Army Airborne School in | 18 |
| February of 2006; following graduation from the Ranger | 19 |
| Indoctrination Program, he was assigned to 1st Platoon, B | 20 |
| Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in March of 2006; | 21 |
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Garbs was a two-time veteran of the | 2 |
| Global War on Terrorism deployed in support of Operation | 3 |
| Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom; he | 4 |
| was assigned to 3rd Battalion, where he served as a grenadier | 5 |
| and rifleman; his awards and decorations include the Army | 6 |
| Service Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global | 7 |
| War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, | 8 |
| the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and | 9 |
| the Parachutist Badge; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, | 11 |
| Meritorious Service Medal, and Good Conduct Medal, and was | 12 |
| promoted from Private 1st Class to Specialist; as a Ranger, | 13 |
| Specialist Garbs distinguished himself as a member of the | 14 |
| Army's premier light infantry unit, traveled to all corners of | 15 |
| the world in support of the Global War on Terrorism, and fought | 16 |
| valiantly to "uphold the prestige, honor, and high 'espirit de | 17 |
| corp' of the Ranger Regiment; and
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| WHEREAS, Ryan C. Garbs is survived by his parents, Douglas | 19 |
| and Jill Anne Garbs; his sister, Melanie Neely (husband, Staff | 20 |
| Sergeant Matthew Neely, United States Air Force); his paternal | 21 |
| grandfather, Lawrence Garbs; his paternal grandmother, Geneva | 22 |
| "Jean" Garbs; and his maternal grandmother, Vera M. Burkard; he | 23 |
| was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, A.A. (Bill) | 24 |
| Burkard; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Specialist Ryan C. | 4 |
| Garbs; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Ryan C. Garbs and his | 6 |
| willingness to serve his country, which led to him making the | 7 |
| ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | 8 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Ryan C. Garbs as a symbol of our | 10 |
| sympathy.
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