Bill Text: PA HR200 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extending condolences on the death of Staff Sergeant Mark C. Baum of Quakertown, Bucks County, who was killed in action on February 21, 2009, in Mushada, Iraq.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 67-44)

Status: (Passed) 2010-10-06 - Adopted [HR200 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR200-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1319
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 200 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, BAKER, BELFANTI, BEYER, BISHOP, BOYD, BRENNAN, BROOKS, BURNS, BUXTON, CAUSER, CIVERA, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALLY, DELOZIER, DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, GRUCELA, HANNA, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, W. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McCALL, MELIO, METCALFE, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MURPHY, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROHRER, ROSS, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WANSACZ, WATSON, WHEATLEY, YOUNGBLOOD, HUTCHINSON AND WHITE, MARCH 26, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 26, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Extending condolences on the death of Staff Sergeant Mark C.
Baum of Quakertown, Bucks County, who was killed in action on
February 21, 2009, in Mushada, Iraq.
WHEREAS, A member of the 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry
Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the Pennsylvania
Army National Guard, Staff Sergeant Mark C. Baum was serving his
second tour of duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; and
WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Baum was a former active duty soldier,
having completed tours with the army’s 10th Mountain Division in
Iraq, Kosovo and Sinai; and
WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Baum was serving with the Pennsylvania
Army National Guard since 2005; and
WHEREAS, A 1995 graduate of Coatesville Area Senior High
School, Staff Sgt. Baum worked as a corrections officer at the
Bucks County Correctional Facility since 2007; and
WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Baum is survived by his wife, Heather,
his daughters, Alexis and Kailey, his son, Conrad, his parents,
Howard and Debra Baum, and his brother, Neil; and
WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Baum was posthumously promoted to the
rank of staff sergeant and awarded the Purple Heart; and
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives mourns the loss of
Staff Sgt. Baum and honors his personal bravery, exemplary
citizenship and dedicated military service; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend
condolences on the death of Staff Sergeant Mark C. Baum of
Quakertown, Bucks County, who was killed in action on February
21, 2009, in Mushada, Iraq; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
Mrs. Heather Baum, 38 South 3rd Street, Quakertown, PA 18951.
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