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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 11

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Private First Class Andrew N. Meari was assigned 
3to service in Afghanistan as
a member of 1st Battalion, 502nd 
4Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne 
5Division (Air Assault); and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, While returning from active patrol on November 1, 
72010 at a location adjacent to Combat Outpost Senjeray, a 
8motorcycle approached the foot patrol; anticipating the 
9explosion, PFC Meari stepped toward the vehicle-borne suicide 
10bomber, absorbing the majority of the explosion and protecting 
11his squad mates; despite his heroic efforts, PFC Meari and one 
12other member of his squad were fatally wounded; and

  
 
13    WHEREAS, PFC Meari was killed in action in Afghanistan on 
14November 1, 2010
under circumstances that saved multiple lives 
15in the combat outpost that was under attack; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, The memory of PFC Meari and his heroic service is 
17commemorated by his neighbors with PFC Andrew Meari Memorial 
18Park, located in his
home town of Plainfield; therefore, be it
  
 
  
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
20HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
21SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of 
 
 
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1Illinois Route 59 from Caton Farm Road to Illinois Route 126 as 
2the "PFC Andrew Meari Memorial Highway"; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation 
4is requested to erect, at
suitable locations consistent with 
5State and Federal regulations, an appropriate plaque or
signs 
6giving notice of the name "PFC Andrew Meari Memorial Highway"; 
7and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
9presented to Denise
Williams of Plainfield, the mother of 
10Private First Class Andrew N. Meari, and the Secretary of the 
11Illinois
Department of Transportation.