South Carolina General Assembly

120th Session, 2013-2014

H. 4245

STATUS INFORMATION

House Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. J.E.Smith, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, G.A.Brown, R.L.Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, H.A.Crawford, K.R.Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Kennedy, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, M.S.McLeod, W.J.McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C.Moss, V.S.Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, H.L.Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Pope, Powers Norrell, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M.Smith, G.R.Smith, J.R.Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood

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Introduced in the House on May 30, 2013

Adopted by the House on May 30, 2013

Summary: Vincent Daniel Decrescenzio

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

5/30/2013HouseIntroduced and adopted (House Journalpage19)

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/30/2013

AHOUSE RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR VINCENT DANIEL DECRESCENZIO FOR HIS FAITHFUL AND SACRIFICIAL SERVICE TO OUR NATION AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR HIS HEROIC SUCCESS IN GRADUATING CUM LAUDE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to commend Vincent DeCrescenzio upon his graduation from the University of South Carolina cum laude; and

Whereas, after graduation from Spring Valley High School, Vincent DeCrescenzio entered Recruit Training for the United States Marine Corps on June 5, 2007, at Parris Island in Beaufort as part of Charlie Company, Platoon 1070; and

Whereas, upon his successful completion of Recruit Training on August 31, 2007, he entered the Marine Corps School of Infantry at Camp Geiger and graduated on November 9, 2007; and

Whereas, he married his beloved wife, Mary Louise Tinsley, on June 7, 2008, at the idyllic and historic Zion Methodist Church in Blythewood, and she has been the love of his life and the wind beneath his wings; and

Whereas, stationed at Camp Lejeune with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine, 2nd Marine Division, Weapons Company, he was deployed to Iraq as a 0352 TOW gunner on July 27, 2008, and returned on February 17, 2009; and

Whereas, two years after sustaining a serious injury, he was medically retired from the United States Marine Corps on September 29, 2011; and

Whereas, in spite of tremendous obstacles, he graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business on May 10, 2013; and

Whereas, he was a member of the Student Veterans Association at the University of South Carolina and Beta Alpha Psi, the national scholastic and professional accounting fraternity that encourages a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibility within the accounting profession; and

Whereas, he was proudly inducted into the Palmetto Marines, Marine Corps League Detachment 829, on May 2, 2013, and is enrolled in the master’s program in business administration at Winthrop University for June of 2013; and

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is grateful for the service and accomplishments of Vincent DeCrescenzio, and the members look to hear of his continued success in the days ahead. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Vincent Daniel DeCrescenzio for his faithful and sacrificial service to our nation and congratulate him for his heroic success in graduating cum laude from the University of South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Vincent Daniel DeCrescenzio.

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