IV
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. MCIN-
TYRE, 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 reso-
nate 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 fam-
ily;
Whereas the Nation joins the Commandant of the entire Ma-
rine 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
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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(1) has learned with profound sorrow of the
deaths of four members of the United States Marine
Corps in the crash of an MV–22 Osprey aircraft on
December 11, 2000, during a training mission near
Jacksonville, North Carolina, and extends condo-
lences to the families of those four members of the
Marine Corps;
(2) recognizes that those four members of the
Marine Corps embodied the credo of the Marine
Corps, ‘‘Semper Fidelis’’;
(3) expresses its profound gratitude to those
four members of the Marine Corps for the dedicated
and honorable service they rendered to the United
States and the Marine Corps; and
(4) recognizes with appreciation and respect the
loyalty and sacrifice their families have dem-
onstrated in support of the Marine Corps.
SEC. 2. The Clerk of the House of Representatives
shall transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the
Commandant of the Marine Corps and to the families of
each member of the Marine Corps killed in the accident
referred to in the first section of this resolution.
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