HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 814 Offered January 26, 2007 Celebrating the life of Corporal Joshua Sticklen. ---------- Patron-- Welch ----------

WHEREAS, United States Marine Corps Corporal Joshua Sticklen of Kaneohe, Hawaii, died in the line of duty in Iraq on December 3, 2006; and

WHEREAS, Josh Sticklen grew up in Virginia Beach and graduated from Salem High School, where he was a member of the Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program; and

WHEREAS, Josh Sticklen enlisted in the Marine Corps in October 2002 and served as an intelligence specialist with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; and

WHEREAS, Corporal Sticklen served in Afghanistan in 2006 before deploying to Iraq, where he was killed when the helicopter he was flying in crashed in a lake; and

WHEREAS, Corporal Sticklen will be fondly remembered for his energetic personality and strong work ethic and sorely missed by his wife, Jennifer, and many other family members and friends; and

WHEREAS, Corporal Sticklen's death is a reminder of the hazards faced daily by the thousands of young Americans who serve in our armed forces overseas and whose devotion to duty places them in harm's way; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of a courageous and patriotic Virginian, Corporal Joshua Sticklen; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Corporal Joshua Sticklen as an expression of the high regard in which his memory is held by the members of the General Assembly and the citizens of Virginia.