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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General 
3Assembly pays honor and respect to truly great individuals who 
4have served our country and, in doing so, have made the

5ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Private First Class Donnie Joe Clough  of 
7Hindsboro was born  to Joseph and Pearl Tate Clough in Tuscola 
8on July 27, 1949; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, PFC  Clough volunteered to serve in the U.S. 
10Marine Corps in July of 1968; he was sent overseas on January 
1127, 1969, serving as a rifleman in the 1st Marine Division, 2nd 
12Battalion, 5th Marine, F Company; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, PFC Clough was killed while on duty in the Quang 
14Nam Providence in Vietnam on September 9, 1969; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, PFC Clough was awarded the Purple Heart, the 
16Combat Action Ribbon, the Vietnam Service Medal with one 
17Service Star, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the National Defense 
18Service Medal, and the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, PFC Clough was 
20survived by his parents; his brothers, Clyde Russel, Doyle 
 
 
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1Wayne, Alvin Layel, and Bruce Dean;  and his sisters, Virginia 
2Taylor, Carol Layton, Debra Louise, Linda Sue, and Pamela Kay; 
3and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, PFC Clough's name has been immortalized on Panel 
5WI8, Line 61 of the Vietnam Wall Memorial in Washington, D.C.; 
6therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
8HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
9SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois Route 133 
10as it travels through Hindsboro as the "PFC Donnie J. Clough 
11Memorial Highway"; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation

13is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with

14State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs

15giving notice of the name "PFC Donnie J. Clough Memorial 
16Highway"; and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of PFC Clough and the Secretary of the 
19Illinois Department of Transportation.