Isaac Pierce watches his mother, Stefanie Pierce, as she straightens an American flag at a makeshift memorial at the Armed Forces Career Center, Sunday, July 19, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez attacked two military facilities, including the career center, last week in a shooting rampage that killed a U.S. Navy sailor and four Marines. (John Rawlston/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) NASHVILLE – Tennessee lawmakers this week are paying tribute to the U.S. servicemen slain in the July 16 shooting attack.
On Wednesday, the House voted 92-0 on separate resolutions honoring Marine Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Marine Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, Marine Lance Cpl. Squire “Skip” Wells, Marine Sgt. Carson Holmquist and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith, who died two days after the attack.
House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, and other members of the Hamilton County delegation sponsored the measures.
“This has to do with the service members who were killed in July,” McCormick told colleagues.
The names of all House members present were added to the resolutions, which describe the men’s lives, offer condolences to family members, and call it “fitting that this General Assembly should remember the tragically short, yet courageous,” lives of the “exceptional” men.