Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HR0367

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois House of Representatives pays honor and respect to those who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and

WHEREAS, Sergeant First Class Ogden Neil Thompson of Aurora served with the U.S. Army as a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; and

WHEREAS, SFC Thompson was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 1, 1950; and

WHEREAS, SFC Thompson was presumed dead on December 31, 1953; and

WHEREAS, The Heroes Way Designation Program through the Illinois Department of Transportation honors fallen Illinois heroes who have been killed in action while performing active military duty with the United States Armed Forces and has designated Route 25 in Aurora from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the SFC Ogden N. Thompson Memorial Highway; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we commend the designation of the SFC Ogden N. Thompson Memorial Highway as part of the Heroes Way Designation Program through the Illinois Department of Transportation; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to the family of SFC Thompson.