Bill Text: IL HJR0054 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates Route 31 in Aurora from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "PFC Wayne W. Hill Jr. Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-4)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-14 - Referred to Assignments [HJR0054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0054-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to those who have served our | ||||||
| 4 | country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate sacrifice for | ||||||
| 5 | our nation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Private First Class Wayne Wilder Hill Jr. served | ||||||
| 7 | with the U.S. Army as a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, | ||||||
| 8 | 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, PFC Hill was taken Prisoner of War while fighting | ||||||
| 10 | the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, PFC Hill died while a POW on October 20, 1950, and | ||||||
| 12 | his remains were not recovered; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, PFC Hill received the Purple Heart, the Combat | ||||||
| 14 | Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United | ||||||
| 15 | Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the | ||||||
| 16 | Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and the Republic of Korea | ||||||
| 17 | War Service Medal; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 19 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 20 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Route 31 in Aurora | ||||||
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| 1 | from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "PFC Wayne W. Hill | ||||||
| 2 | Jr. Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 4 | is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with | ||||||
| 5 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 6 | giving notice of the name "PFC Wayne W. Hill Jr. Memorial | ||||||
| 7 | Highway"; and be it further
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