Allegheny County Council - File #: 3869-08

• File #: 3869-08
• Version: 1
• Name: Proclamation honoring the late Staff Sgt. Patrick Kutschbach.
• Type: Proclamation
• Status: Presented & Filed
• File created: 4/1/2008
• In control: County Council
• Final action: 4/1/2008
• Title: Proclamation honoring the late Staff Sgt. Patrick Kutschbach.
• Sponsors: Chuck McCullough, Vince Gastgeb, Chuck Martoni, Nick Futules, William Robinson, Matt Drozd, Jan Rea, Michael Finnerty, John DeFazio, Jim Ellenbogen, Bob Macey, Jim Burn, Joan Cleary, Rich Fitzgerald, Amanda Green Hawkins

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/1/2008	1	County Council	Presented

Title

Proclamation honoring the late Staff Sgt. Patrick Kutschbach.

Body

WHEREAS, Allegheny County is blessed to have countless men and women who are willing to risk their lives in the name of freedom; and

      WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Patrick F. Kutschbach was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan on November 10, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Kutschbach was serving with Operational Detachment- Alpha 021 of Company B, 1^st Battalion, 10^th Special Forces Group (Airborne), which was based out of Germany and which, at the time of his death, was conducting combat operations in the southern end of the Tagab Valley in Afghanistan; and

WHEREAS, an Allegheny County native, Staff Sgt. Kutschbach graduated from Montour High School in 2000 and last year, at the age of 25, was proudly serving the United States in his first deployment to Afghanistan; and

      WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Kutschbach has received multiple decorations and awards, including the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Meritorious Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal; and

WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Kutschbach will be most fondly remembered as a loving and devoted husband, father, brother, son, friend, and soldier;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, Allegheny County Council wishes to honor the late Staff Sgt. Patrick F. Kutschbach for giving his own life in order to save the lives and the freedom of so many others.  We are truly proud to recognize this American hero and we join with his family and friends in celebration of his life and service.