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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 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 gone above | ||||||
| 5 | and beyond the call of duty to make the ultimate sacrifice for | ||||||
| 6 | our nation; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, SPC Trevor Pinnick dedicated his life to defending | ||||||
| 8 | America's freedom and made the ultimate sacrifice in service to | ||||||
| 9 | his nation on June 12, 2012, in a medical treatment facility at | ||||||
| 10 | Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his | ||||||
| 11 | unit was attacked by an enemy improvised explosive device; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, SPC Trevor Pinnick was born on January 6, 1992, in | ||||||
| 13 | Chesapeake, Virginia, graduating from Lawrenceville High | ||||||
| 14 | School in May of 2010, and joining the Army right out of high | ||||||
| 15 | school, serving with the 18th Engineer Company, 1st Battalion, | ||||||
| 16 | 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team | ||||||
| 17 | of the 2nd Infantry Division, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, | ||||||
| 18 | Washington; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, SPC Trevor Pinnick received the Army Achievement | ||||||
| 20 | Medal on September 6, 2011, for his work in August 2011 with | ||||||
| 21 | the 18th Engineer Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment | ||||||
| 22 | and was promoted to Specialist in the first week of June 2011, | ||||||
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| 1 | and was scheduled to be home on leave a month before giving his | ||||||
| 2 | life; he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, SPC Trevor Pinnick leaves behind his wife, Martha | ||||||
| 4 | Pinnick; his daughter, Melody Renee Pinnick; his mother, Nancy | ||||||
| 5 | Pinnick; his father, Thomas Pinnick; his older brother, Thomas
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| 6 | Pinnick Jr.; and his twin sisters, Kayla Lynn Pinnick and | ||||||
| 7 | Bethany Rose Pinnick; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, United States and Illinois flags throughout the | ||||||
| 9 | State flew at half-staff as a symbol of mourning and to honor | ||||||
| 10 | the sacrifice of SPC Trevor Pinnick; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, SPC Trevor Pinnick's funeral was held at the | ||||||
| 12 | Lawrenceville High School Auditorium and he was laid to rest in | ||||||
| 13 | Memorial Park Cemetery in Vincennes, Indiana, with full | ||||||
| 14 | military honors; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, This fallen soldier deserves to be remembered by | ||||||
| 16 | the State of Illinois for his service to this country; | ||||||
| 17 | therefore, be it | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 20 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of U.S. | ||||||
| 21 | Route 50 from Lawrenceville, Illinois, to the Indiana border as | ||||||
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| 1 | the "Trevor Pinnick Memorial Highway" in honor of the memory | ||||||
| 2 | and sacrifice of SPC Trevor Pinnick; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, The Illinois Department of Transportation is | ||||||
| 4 | requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with State | ||||||
| 5 | and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving | ||||||
| 6 | notice of the name of the "Trevor Pinnick Memorial Highway"; | ||||||
| 7 | and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 10 | Transportation, and the family of SPC Trevor Pinnick.
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