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2013 SESSION


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 185
Commending Sergeant Eric Shelvy.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 23, 2013

 

WHEREAS, United States Marine Corps Sergeant Eric Shelvy is commended for his meritorious service to the nation; and

WHEREAS, Eric Shelvy, who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout with Boy Scout Troop 335, graduated from Marine Corps boot camp in October 2002; and

WHEREAS, Eric Shelvy was a member of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, India Company, one of the first infantry forces to enter Baghdad; and

WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Shelvy courageously fought in the month-long battle at Fallujah and was nearly killed in combat on his 20th birthday; and

WHEREAS, a photographer captured Lance Corporal Shelvy in action in Fallujah and the photo was featured on the cover of Time Magazine; and

WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Shelvy was later promoted to Corporal and then Sergeant; and

WHEREAS, Sergeant Shelvy later worked at American embassies in Moscow and Kuala Lumpur, before becoming the assistant detachment commander stationed at the American embassy in The Hague, Netherlands; and

WHEREAS, Sergeant Shelvy earned a bachelor’s degree during his various Embassy assignments; and

WHEREAS, a dedicated Marine, Sergeant Shelvy has demonstrated great courage and fortitude throughout his military career and earned the respect of his fellow Marines for his loyalty and commitment to them; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Sergeant Eric Shelvy, a patriotic Virginian, hereby be commended; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Sergeant Eric Shelvy as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration and gratitude for his exemplary military service.