IN HCR0038

Marine Corporal Jordan Lee Spears, age 21 from Memphis, Indiana, was the first Hoosier casualty in the war against ISIS, lost at sea on October 1 while conducting flight operations in the North Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Inherent Resolve

Corporal Spears was on a mission to retrieve soldiers from Kuwait and take them to Baghdad when the plane lost power and crashed into the Persian Gulf; his life preserver failed to automatically inflate and he could not manually inflate it while wearing heavy flight clothes, boots, and helmet

Corporal Spears was assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California

The Indiana General Assembly recognizes Corporal Spears' great bravery and love of country, and expresses heartfelt sympathy to his family

The Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit a copy of the resolution to the family of Corporal Jordan Lee Spears