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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 learned with deep sadness of the death of |
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| U.S.M.C. Corporal Ryan John Cummings of Streamwood and Crystal |
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| Lake on Saturday, June 3, 2006, while on duty in Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Corporal Cummings was born on April 6, 1984, in |
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| Barrington to Janis Cummings and John Cummings; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 2002 graduate of Hoffman Estates High |
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| School, where he had been an honor roll student, an active |
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| member of the band and marching band, and a member of the |
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| wrestling team; and
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| WHEREAS, He was serving with B Company, 1st Battalion, 1st |
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| Marines, stationed in Iraq; he had been a Marine since he |
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| enlisted just after high school graduation; he served his first |
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| tour, chose to re-enlist, and had been to Iraq twice before |
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| this tour; and
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| WHEREAS, As a member of the Marines, Corporal Cummings had |
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| been awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the |
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| Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the Humanitarian Service |
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| Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Sea Service Deployment |
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| Ribbon, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Global |
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| War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense |
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| Service Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation, and the Navy, Marine |
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| Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V Device and the Good |
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| Conduct Medal; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Corporal Ryan John Cummings has |
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| been deeply felt by many, especially his mother, Janis |
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| Cummings; his father, John (Melissa) Cummings; his |
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| grandparents, Carol Waldron and Lorraine and Robert Cummings; |
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| his siblings, Kevin, Kristen, and Jason; and his many aunts and |