Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 30–Assemblymen Sherer, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie,
Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Weber and Williams

 

Joint Sponsors: Senators McGinness, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Cegavske, Coffin, Hardy, Mathews, Neal, Nolan, O’Connell, Raggio, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

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Assembly Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing Marine hero Lieutenant Frederick Pokorney Jr.

 

    Whereas, The members of the Nevada Legislature and the

 people of the State of Nevada mourn the loss of United States

 Marine Corps First Lieutenant Frederick “Fred” Pokorney Jr.; and

    Whereas, Living with former Nye County Sheriff Wade

 Lieseke and his wife Susie, Fred Pokorney graduated from Tonopah

 High School in 1989, where the 6-foot-7-inch, 220-pound athlete

 excelled at basketball and football; and

    Whereas, A devoted family man, Fred Pokorney met his wife,

 known as “Chelle,” in Washington State, and they became the

 proud parents of daughter Taylor, now 2 1/2 years of age and the

 spitting image of her father; and

    Whereas, After enlisting in the United States Marine Corps,

 Fred Pokorney was named the top recruit at the end of basic

 training and, taking advantage of the military educational benefits,

 attended Oregon State University where he earned a degree in

 military science; and

    Whereas, A field artillery leader for the Headquarters Battery,

 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary

 Brigade, stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Lieutenant

 Pokorney was deployed to Iraq and died on March 23, 2003, when

 he and some of his fellow Marines were ambushed outside of

 Nasiriyah; and

    Whereas, Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Pokorney

 was promoted posthumously to First Lieutenant and was awarded

 the Purple Heart and will forever be remembered for his bravery

 and dedication to his country; and

    Whereas, Chelle Pokorney called her husband a “gentle giant”

and said he loved “his family, the Marine Corps and the Oakland

 Raiders”; and

    Whereas, Nevada’s first reported casualty from Operation Iraqi

 Freedom and the first Marine from that military operation to be

 buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Lieutenant Pokorney was

 buried with full military honors; and

    Whereas, Lieutenant Frederick Pokorney Jr. is survived by his

 wife Chelle Pokorney, his daughter Taylor, and his surrogate

 parents Wade and Susie Lieseke; now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the

 Senate Concurring, That United States Marine First Lieutenant

 Frederick Pokorney Jr. be honored for his devotion to his family,

 his state and his country, for which he made the ultimate sacrifice;

 and be it further

    Resolved, That the members of the 72nd Session of the

 Nevada Legislature and the people of our state celebrate the life of

 Lieutenant Pokorney and extend their sincere condolences to the

 family and friends of a true hero; and be it further

    Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and

 transmit a copy of this resolution to Chelle, the beloved wife of

 Lieutenant Pokorney.

 

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