Bill Text: IL SR1067 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Remembers the sacrifice made by Corporal William Lee Brown of Benton in service to his country.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR1067 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1067-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Corporal William Lee Brown of Benton was killed in | ||||||
| 3 | North Korea during fierce fighting between United
Nation | ||||||
| 4 | coalition troops and Chinese forces on December 2, 1950; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Cpl Brown enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 5, | ||||||
| 6 | 1950 at the age of 18 and served with Company B,
1st Battalion, | ||||||
| 7 | 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division; he was part of a | ||||||
| 8 | 30,000-member United Nations Command military force that found | ||||||
| 9 | itself
surrounded by approximately 120,000 Chinese troops; | ||||||
| 10 | from November 27 to December 13, 1950, both forces clashed in | ||||||
| 11 | rugged terrain and
brutally cold weather; Cpl Brown's remains | ||||||
| 12 | could not be recovered following the battle, and he was listed | ||||||
| 13 | as
missing in action for almost 70 years; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Cpl Brown was awarded the Purple Heart, the | ||||||
| 15 | Republic of Korea War Service Medal by the Republic of
South | ||||||
| 16 | Korea, and numerous other military medals; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, On July 27, 2018, North Korean officials agreed to | ||||||
| 18 | turn over 55 boxes,
purported to contain the remains of | ||||||
| 19 | American service members killed during the Korean War; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | ||||||
| 21 | notified Cpl Brown's family on October 19,
2019 that his | ||||||
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| 1 | remains had been identified after nearly seven decades; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Cpl Brown was born in Sesser to William Faye and | ||||||
| 3 | Mary Marguerite Brown on November 6, 1932; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Left to cherish his memory are his sisters, Dr. | ||||||
| 5 | Clarice Burchell and Margie Lou Brown;
his niece, Robyn Lynn | ||||||
| 6 | Brummett; and his nephew, Paul Michael (Lori) Burchell; | ||||||
| 7 | therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we remember the | ||||||
| 10 | sacrifice made by Corporal William Lee Brown in service to his | ||||||
| 11 | country on December 2, 1950; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Cpl Brown as a symbol of our respect | ||||||
| 14 | and esteem.
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