IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 443 
Honoring Private First Class Kristian Menchaca, Private First Class Thomas 
L. Tucker, and Specialist David J. Babineau, United States Army, 
for their sacrifice in June 2006 while serving the United States in 
Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2006 
Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. CHABOT, 
Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, and Mr. REYES) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring Private First Class Kristian Menchaca, Private 
First Class Thomas L. Tucker, and Specialist David 
J. Babineau, United States Army, for their sacrifice 
in June 2006 while serving the United States in Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom. 
Whereas on June 16, 2006, three members of the United 
States Army, Private First Class Kristian Menchaca, Pri-
vate First Class Thomas L. Tucker, and Specialist David 
J. Babineau, of B Company, lst Battalion, 502nd Infan-
try Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, were manning a checkpoint in 
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Yusufiya, Iraq, a town regarded as one of the most hos-
tile environments in all of Iraq; 
Whereas during a small arms attack on the checkpoint, Spe-
cialist Babineau was killed; 
Whereas when a quick reaction force arrived at the check-
point, Private First Class Menchaca and Private First 
Class Tucker could not be found, resulting in their status 
being listed as ‘‘Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown’’; 
Whereas the possibility that the two soldiers had been cap-
tured reminded all Americans that Sergeant Keith M. 
(Matt) Maupin, assigned to the 724th Transportation 
Company, United States Army Reserve, Bartonville, Illi-
nois, was seized as the result of actions of unfriendly 
military or paramilitary forces on April 9, 2004, and con-
tinues to be held captive; 
Whereas Army units and Iraqi police and military forces con-
ducted unrelenting search operations, using every avail-
able resource, in attempting to find Private First Class 
Menchaca and Private First Class Tucker until remains 
believed to be those of Private First Class Menchaca and 
Private First Class Tucker were spotted near Yusufiya 
on June 19, 2006; 
Whereas United States forces could not immediately recover 
the remains because of numerous bombs that had been 
hidden on the road leading to their location and in the 
area of the bodies; and 
Whereas because of the condition of the bodies, those remains 
could not immediately be conclusively identified as those 
of Private First Class Menchaca and Private First Class 
Tucker, but on June 22, 2006, they were determined by 
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the Department of Defense to be those of the two miss-
ing soldiers: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes and honors the service, courage, 
and sacrifice of Private First Class Kristian 
Menchaca, of Brownsville, Texas, Private First Class 
Thomas L. Tucker, of Madras, Oregon, and Spe-
cialist David J. Babineau, of Springfield, Massachu-
setts, all of B Company, lst Battalion, 502nd Infan-
try Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, who died in Yusufiya, 
Iraq, in June 2006; 
(2) will never forget the barbaric treatment of 
Private First Class Menchaca and Private First 
Class Tucker at the hands of the enemy; 
(3) remembers that Sergeant Keith M. (Matt) 
Maupin, of Batavia, Ohio, continues to be held cap-
tive by the enemy; 
(4) calls upon every American to pause and pay 
tribute to these brave soldiers; and 
(5) extends its continued sympathies to the 
families of those who died and its continued support 
to the family of Sergeant Maupin until his safe re-
turn. 
Æ 
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