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