Bill Text: IL SJR0046 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates Route 16 in Gillespie from Route 4 to Kelly Street as the "LCpl Thomas W. Hollis Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-19 - Referred to Assignments [SJR0046 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SJR0046-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE 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, Lance Corporal Thomas William Hollis was born in | ||||||
7 | Macoupin County on May 24, 1948; and
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8 | WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and | ||||||
9 | was deployed as a rifleman to Vietnam on March 13, 1967; and
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10 | WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis attained the rank of lance corporal | ||||||
11 | and was attached to the 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Recon | ||||||
12 | Battalion, B Company; and
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13 | WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis was killed in action in the Quang Tri | ||||||
14 | Province of South Vietnam on January 28, 1968; and
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15 | WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis was awarded the Purple Heart, the | ||||||
16 | Combat Action Ribbon, the Marksmanship Badge, the National | ||||||
17 | Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Vietnam | ||||||
18 | Service Medal, the Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, | ||||||
19 | the Vietnam Gallantry Cross, the Marine Corps Good Conduct | ||||||
20 | Medal, and the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal; his name can |
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1 | be found on Panel 35e, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial | ||||||
2 | in Washington D.C.; therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
5 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Route 16 | ||||||
6 | in Gillespie from Route 4 to Kelly Street as the "LCpl Thomas | ||||||
7 | W. Hollis Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
9 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
10 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
11 | giving notice of the name "LCpl Thomas W. Hollis Memorial | ||||||
12 | Highway"; and be it further
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