Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4785, which would name a post office in Castroville, Texas, after Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan.

Dain, as he was called by his loved ones, was raised in an Air Force family and lived all over the country.

He considered Castroville to be his adopted home, and it is where his celebration of life would eventually be held.

Dain grew up wanting to join the Marine Corps because he wanted to protect his country. Four months after joining the Marines, he was deployed to the Middle East to join the Marine-led offensive to take control of Fallujah.

On January 26, 2005, Dain was onboard a helicopter near Rutbah, Iraq, when it crashed. Twenty-eight marines were killed alongside Dain.

He died serving this Nation and protecting us, a most honorable calling.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. CLOUD. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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