HJR275 Summary

• Mourns the death of Mr. Robert Thomas Roller of Bowdon, Georgia, who died on January 7, 2015, at age 69.

• Honors his military service as a squad leader with Company F, Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, during the Vietnam War, where he was wounded three times on October 13, 1966, near Quang Tri Province.

• Recognizes his Navy Cross award, the second highest medal a Marine can earn for heroic actions, and his medical discharge from the Marine Corps in 1968.

• Celebrates his post-military accomplishments, including earning a Bachelor's Degree in Art Education from the University of West Georgia in 1992, operating an art studio in Carrollton, and owning the Potter's Rhumb in Bowdon, as well as teaching educational classes to inmates at Carroll County Sheriff's Department.

• Adopted by the House on May 26, 2015, and by the Senate on June 2, 2015.