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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the heartache felt |
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at the loss of U.S. Army Sergeant Enrique Mondragon, who died in |
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Afghanistan on December 24, 2012, at the age of 23; and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters |
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Detachment, 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Combat |
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Team based in Bamberg, Germany, Sergeant Mondragon was killed in |
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Baraki Barak, Afghanistan, when his unit was attacked by small arms |
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fire; he was a military police officer and had been serving in the |
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army since 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, "Rick" Mondragon was born and raised in Dallas, the |
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son of Sergio and Barbara Martin-del Campo; he attended Hillcrest |
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High School and then graduated from The Colony High School in 2007; |
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he subsequently studied computer-aided design; and |
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WHEREAS, While working in retail he met Katie Argueta, and |
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the two were married in October 2009; they bought a house together |
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in Little Elm and became the parents of a beloved daughter, Beverly; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Known as a motivated man with big dreams, Sergeant |
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Mondragon loved serving in the military and hoped to later work in |
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the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency or in a related |
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field; and |
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WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and |
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women whose love for their country inspires them to take up military |
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service, yet the tragic death of this brave young man is a sobering |
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reminder of the cost of war; Sergeant Enrique Mondragon embodied |
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the highest ideals of the U.S. armed forces, and those who knew and |
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loved him will forever carry him close in their hearts; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of U.S. Army Sergeant |
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Enrique Mondragon and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Katie Mondragon; to his daughter, Beverly |
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Mondragon; to his parents, Sergio and Barbara Martin-del Campo; to |
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his sister, Diphna Charo; to his brothers, Sergio Martin-del Campo, |
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Jr., and Alexis Martin-del Campo; and to his other relatives and |
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many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Sergeant |
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Enrique Mondragon. |