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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 673

Honoring the four members of the United States Marine Corps who died

on December 11, 2000, and extending the condolences of the House

of Representatives on their deaths.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DECEMBER 13, 2000

Mr. REYNOLDS (for himself, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. GILMAN, and Mr. SNYDER)

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee

on Armed Services

RESOLUTION

Honoring the four members of the United States Marine

Corps who died on December 11, 2000, and extending

the condolences of the House of Representatives on their

deaths.

Whereas on December 11, 2000, an MV–22 Osprey aircraft

crashed during a training mission near Jacksonville,

North Carolina, killing all four members of the United

States Marine Corps onboard;

Whereas the Marines who lost their lives in the crash made

the ultimate sacrifice in the service of the United States

and the Marine Corps;

Whereas the families of these proud Marines have the most

sincere condolences of the Nation;
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Whereas the members of the Marine Corps take special pride

in their esprit de corps, and this terrible loss will resonate through Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 based at

Quantico, Virginia, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training

Squadron 204 based at Marine Corps Air Station New

River, North Carolina, and the entire Marine Corps family;

Whereas the Nation joins the Commandant of the entire Marine Corps and the Marine Corps in mourning their loss;

and

Whereas the Marines killed in the accident were—

(1) Lieutenant Colonel Keith M. Sweaney, 42, of

Richmond, Virginia, assigned to Marine Helicopter

Squadron 1, based at Quantico, Virginia;

(2) Major Michael L. Murphy of Blauvelt, 38, New

York, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training

Squadron 204, based at Marine Corps Air Station New

River, North Carolina;

(3) Staff Sergeant Avely Runnels, 25, of Morven,

Georgia, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training

Squadron 204, based at Marine Corps Air Station New

River, North Carolina; and

(4) Sergeant Jason Buyck, 24, of Sodus, New York,

assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron

204, based at Marine Corps Air Station New River,

North Carolina: Now therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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1 (1) has learned with profound sorrow of the

2 deaths of four members of the United States Marine

3 Corps in the crash of an MV–22 Osprey aircraft on

4 December 11, 2000, during a training mission near

5 Jacksonville, North Carolina, and extends condo6 lences to the families of those four members of the

7 Marine Corps;

8 (2) recognizes that those four members of the

9 Marine Corps embodied the credo of the Marine

10 Corps, ‘‘Semper Fidelis’’;

11 (3) expresses its profound gratitude to those

12 four members of the Marine Corps for the dedicated

13 and honorable service they rendered to the United

14 States and the Marine Corps; and

15 (4) recognizes with appreciation and respect the

16 loyalty and sacrifice their families have dem17 onstrated in support of the Marine Corps.

18 SEC. 2. The Clerk of the House of Representatives

19 shall transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the

20 Commandant of the Marine Corps and to the families of

21 each member of the Marine Corps killed in the accident

22 referred to in the first section of this resolution.

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