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2022 SESSION

22101358D
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 160
Offered February 23, 2022
Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Paul R. Fridley, USN.
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Patrons-- DeSteph, Barker, Bell, Boysko, Chase, Cosgrove, Deeds, Dunnavant, Ebbin, Edwards, Favola, Hackworth, Hanger, Hashmi, Howell, Kiggans, Lewis, Locke, Lucas, Marsden, Mason, McClellan, McDougle, McPike, Morrissey, Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Peake, Petersen, Pillion, Reeves, Ruff, Saslaw, Spruill, Stanley, Stuart, Suetterlein, Surovell and Vogel; Delegate: Kory
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WHEREAS, Lieutenant Paul R. Fridley, USN, of Fairfax County, died in the line of duty on August 31, 2021; and

WHEREAS, a resident of Annandale, Paul Fridley graduated from The University of Virginia, where he had been a member of the university’s Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program along with his future wife, Sarah; and

WHEREAS, desirous to be of service to the nation, Paul Fridley joined the United States Navy after graduation and was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8 based at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego; and

WHEREAS, on August 31, 2021, Paul Fridley was conducting routine flight operations from the USS Abraham Lincoln when his Sikorsky MH-60S helicopter crashed off the coast of California; and

WHEREAS, Paul Fridley served the nation with integrity and dedication, and his tragic loss is a reminder of the dangers faced by men and women in uniform at home and abroad; and

WHEREAS, Paul Fridley will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife, Lieutenant Sarah Fuller Fridley, USN, and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Lieutenant Paul R. Fridley, USN; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Lieutenant Paul R. Fridley, USN, as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.