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H. C. R. No. 13 As Enrolled (129th General Assembly) (House Concurrent Resolution Number 13)
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To honor and commemorate veterans of the Vietnam War
on the fifty-fifth anniversary of the first
casualty of the war.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio (The Senate concurring): WHEREAS, United States Armed Forces served in Vietnam for a
period of twenty years; and
WHEREAS, Over 8,744,000 served in the United States Armed
Forces during the Vietnam War era; and
WHEREAS, Over 58,000 United States service members, and over
3,000 Ohioans, perished in the Vietnam War; and
WHEREAS, Over 300,000 United States service members were
wounded in the Vietnam War; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 600 United States service members were
held as prisoners of war during the conflict; and
WHEREAS, Efforts to recover those missing in action continue;
and
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States, in the Defense
Authorization Act of 2008, established a program to coordinate,
support, and facilitate other programs and activities of the
federal government, state, and local governments, and other
persons and organizations in commemoration of the Vietnam War; and
WHEREAS, Veterans of the Vietnam War deserve continued
recognition for their service and sacrifice; and
WHEREAS, the first Vietnam War casualty recognized on the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., occurred in
1956; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, mindful of the fifty-fifth anniversary of
the first casualty in the Vietnam War, honor and commemorate all
who served this country during the Vietnam War era, and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the
President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States
Department of Defense, the members of the Ohio Congressional
delegation, the Governor of Ohio, and the news media of Ohio.
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