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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois were grieved to learn of the death in Iraq of |
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| U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Christopher Zimny on Monday, January |
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| 31, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Zimny was a graduate of St. |
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| Catherine Laboure School, Glenbrook South High School, and |
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| Illinois State University; during high school, he was a track |
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| star, was a good student, and excelled in sports; he enlisted |
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| in the Marines after the 2001 terrorist attacks and loved being |
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| a Marine; and
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| WHEREAS, He was one of the special recipients of supplies |
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| collected by St. Catherine Laboure's Brownie Troop 921; when he |
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| was due to return to active duty in Iraq in August 2003, the |
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| troop sent him off with a scrapbook of congratulatory letters; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He earned two Purple Hearts for injuries received |
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| in earlier battles, a shrapnel injury in August and wounds |
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| incurred during a rocket-propelled grenade attack in October |
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| while he was on patrol in the city of Fallujah; his back was |
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| hurt in Kuwait just before the start of the Iraq war in 2003, |
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| but he stayed in the fight for several weeks before being sent |
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| back home to Glenview to recuperate; and
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| WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Zimny was assigned to the 1st |
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| Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine |
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| Expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lance Corporal Christopher Zimny |
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| has been deeply felt by many, including his parents, Barbara |
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| and Ted Zimny; his sisters, Michelle Stuart, Danielle Zimny, |
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| and Lisa Zimny; his brother, John; and his grandmother, Helen |