On the recordApril 9, 2019
I am here today to honor an outstanding member of south Jersey. Recently in Vineland, New Jersey, we celebrated the naming of Sergeant Dominick Pilla Middle School. Sergeant Pilla was a brave soul who loved this country enough to enlist in the Army to serve to protect it. Tragically, he was killed while saving a fellow soldier in Somalia during the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993 and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. The naming of this school is to honor Sergeant Pilla's love and sacrifice for his country. Now he will be remembered by every student who walks through those halls. He will be honored by these students as they grow and learn to dedicate themselves to do what they do and love the way that Sergeant Pilla did. I thank Sergeant Dominick Pilla for his service. To all of the men and all of the women in the Armed Forces who serve our country so bravely and so selflessly, may God bless them. ____________________
