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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 the truly great individuals | ||||||
| 4 | who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the | ||||||
| 5 | ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Daniel Lee Kick was born on January 26, 1948 and | ||||||
| 7 | grew up in Riverton; he attended Riverton Grade School and | ||||||
| 8 | graduated from Riverton High School in 1966; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, After graduating high school, Daniel Lee Kick | ||||||
| 10 | enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and was deployed to South | ||||||
| 11 | Vietnam on September 25, 1967; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, PFC Kick served with the 1st Marine Division, 1st | ||||||
| 13 | Battalion, 5th Marines, H&S Company; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, From February 13 through February 23, 1968, the | ||||||
| 15 | 1st Battalion, 5th Marines were engaged with heavily-armed and | ||||||
| 16 | well-entrenched North Vietnamese Army forces as part of the | ||||||
| 17 | Tet Offensive in the city of Hue, South Vietnam; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, For six consecutive days during the fighting, PFC | ||||||
| 19 | Kick continuously risked his life by performing medevac and | ||||||
| 20 | resupply missions for his embattled unit in the face of small | ||||||
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| 1 | arms fire, automatic weapons, and rocket fire; his actions | ||||||
| 2 | were undoubtedly directly influential in saving the lives of | ||||||
| 3 | many of his fellow Marines; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, While on a medevac run on the evening of February | ||||||
| 5 | 16, 1968, PFC Kick's vehicle was ambushed by the enemy, and he | ||||||
| 6 | was mortally wounded; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, PFC Kick was awarded the Purple Heart, the Bronze | ||||||
| 8 | Star, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign | ||||||
| 9 | Medal, and the Vietnam Service Medal; he was also awarded the | ||||||
| 10 | Vietnamese Military Merit Medal and the Vietnamese Gallantry | ||||||
| 11 | Cross with Palm from the South Vietnam Government; his name | ||||||
| 12 | can be found on Panel 40E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans | ||||||
| 13 | Memorial in Washington, D.C.; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 16 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Route 54 | ||||||
| 17 | bridge crossing the Sangamon River near Riverton shall be | ||||||
| 18 | designated as the "PFC Daniel Lee Kick Memorial Bridge"; and | ||||||
| 19 | be it further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 21 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 22 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
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| 1 | giving notice of the name "PFC Daniel Lee Kick Memorial | ||||||
| 2 | Bridge"; and be it further | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the family of PFC Kick, the Mayor of Riverton, and | ||||||
| 5 | the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation. | ||||||