2011-2012 Bill 640: Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 S. 640 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senators Knotts, Alexander, Anderson, Bright, Bryant, Campbell, Campsen, Cleary, Coleman, 10 Courson, Cromer, Davis, Elliott, Fair, Ford, Grooms, Hayes, Hutto, Jackson, Land, Leatherman, Leventis, 11 Lourie, Malloy, L. Martin, S. Martin, Massey, Matthews, McConnell, McGill, Nicholson, O'Dell, Peeler, 12 Pinckney, Rankin, Reese, Rose, Ryberg, Scott, Setzler, Sheheen, Shoopman, Thomas, Verdin and 13 Williams 14 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1093zw11.docx 15 16 Introduced in the Senate on March 2, 2011 17 Introduced in the House on March 3, 2011 18 Adopted by the General Assembly on March 3, 2011 19 20 Summary: Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter 21 22 23 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 24 25 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 26 3/2/2011 Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House ( Senate Journalpage 14) 27 3/3/2011 House Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence ( House Journalpage 11) 28 29 30 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 31 32 3/2/2011 33 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO HONOR THE SACRIFICE MADE BY LANCE CORPORAL 12 KYLE CARPENTER OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE 13 CORPS, SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHILE SERVING A TOUR 14 OF MILITARY DUTY IN AFGHANISTAN, AND TO EXPRESS 15 TO THIS COURAGEOUS SERVICEMAN THE DEEPEST 16 APPRECIATION OF A GRATEFUL STATE AND NATION. 17 18 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, 19 on behalf of all South Carolinians, acknowledge with deep 20 appreciation the great sacrifice that the men and women of the 21 United States Armed Forces make for the ideals of freedom and 22 justice, which are so richly enjoyed in this nation; and 23 24 Whereas, Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter of the United States 25 Marine Corps stands high among those servicemen and women so 26 honored by their country; and 27 28 Whereas, as a committed serviceman, Lance Corporal Kyle 29 Carpenter, the son of Jim and Robin Carpenter of Gilbert, 30 answered the call of his country and left his family and home in 31 Lexington County to serve in Afghanistan as a part of the war on 32 terror; and 33 34 Whereas, on November 21, 2010, while serving in Afghanistan, 35 Lance Corporal Carpenter took the full blast from an enemy hand 36 grenade in seeking to save a fellow Marine. He suffered 37 catastrophic wounds for the cause of freedom, losing the sight of 38 his right eye and suffering other injuries that require extensive 39 surgeries and rehabilitation; and 40

[640] 2 1 Whereas, he has shown himself worthy of the name Marine no less 2 on the battlefield than in the valiant manner in which he has fought 3 the fight toward recovery from his injuries; and 4 5 Whereas, there is no greater or more courageous sacrifice a man 6 can make than to risk his life for a noble cause, as Lance Corporal 7 Kyle Carpenter has done, and to honor his valor, Lance Corporal 8 Carpenter was presented with the Purple Heart in December 2010; 9 and 10 11 Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly counts it a great 12 privilege to recognize Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter, one of the 13 Palmetto State’s finest, and the members with one voice pray for 14 his swift and complete recovery and offer their grateful thanks to 15 Almighty God for the service and sacrifice of this heroic son of 16 South Carolina. Now, therefore, 17 18 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 19 concurring: 20 21 That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this 22 resolution, honor the sacrifice made by Lance Corporal Kyle 23 Carpenter of the United States Marine Corps, seriously wounded 24 while serving a tour of military duty in Afghanistan, and express to 25 this courageous serviceman the deepest appreciation of a grateful 26 State and nation. 27 28 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 29 Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter. 30 XX 31

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