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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of United States Army Sergeant Paul G. Smith 
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of East Peoria, who was killed in the line of duty while 
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serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on June 19, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born July 9, 1965, in Peoria, to Joseph A. 
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and Muriel Jeanette Evans Smith; he married Kim L. Day in 
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Kewanee, on May 13, 1988; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Sergeant Smith served as a cavalry scout with the 
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United States Army; he joined the Army in April of 1993 and was 
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stationed in Fort Hood until 1996, when he was deployed to 
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Kuwait; in 1996, he and his family were then stationed in 
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Vilseck, Germany where they stayed until August of 1999; his 
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next station was Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was deployed 
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again from 2001 to 2002 in Iraq and again from 2003 to 2004 and 
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2005 to 2006; in June of 2006, he went inactive and returned to 
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East Peoria; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He joined the National Guard out of Kewanee in 
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August of 2006; while doing his drills, he was employed by G & 
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D Integrated; in December of 2008, he was called to go to 
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Afghanistan with his Kewanee Guard; he was able to return home 
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on his R & R from April 29, 2009, to May 12, 2009, when he and 
 


 






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his wife celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He loved his homemade pond and fish tanks and just 
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relaxing on his break with his family and friends; and
 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph 
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Sr.; and

 
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    WHEREAS, United States Army Sergeant Paul G. Smith is 
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survived by his wife, Kim; his mother; his daughters, Jamie 
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Smith and Sarah Appenheimer; his son, Benjiman Smith; and his 
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brothers, Joseph A. Jr., William C., and Merle F.; therefore, 
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be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family, friends, and a grateful nation, the passing of 
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United States Army Sergeant Paul G. Smith; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of United States Army Sergeant Paul G. 
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Smith as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.