Full Text of SJR0035 103rd General Assembly
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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 veterans who have served
| 4 | | their country and the State of Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Wilbur E. Troehler was born in the | 6 | | small
farming town of Fairbury to parents Grover C. and
Aline | 7 | | Troehler on March 3, 1916; he married Ruth M.
Urban on February | 8 | | 21, 1941, and they settled in Chicago, where they had three | 9 | | sons, Eugene, William, and Robert; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, SSG Troehler was inducted into the United States | 11 | | Army at
Gary, Indiana on March 23, 1943; he received his basic
| 12 | | training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and advanced
| 13 | | individual training at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky; upon
| 14 | | completion of training, he was assigned to the 75th
Infantry | 15 | | Division and further assigned to Company D, 289th
Infantry | 16 | | Regiment; the 75th Infantry Division was activated
April 15, | 17 | | 1943 and deployed overseas on November 14, 1944; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, SSG Troehler entered combat as a Heavy Weapons
| 19 | | NCO and Section Leader under the 75th Infantry Division
on | 20 | | Christmas Day 1944 in the Ardennes Counter Offensive, later | 21 | | known as
the Battle of the Bulge; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, SSG Troehler returned to the U.S. in April 1945 | 2 | | after marching through England, France,
Belgium, and | 3 | | Luxemburg; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, SSG Troehler received numerous medals, including | 5 | | the Bronze Star, the
American Campaign Medal, the
| 6 | | European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the
World War | 7 | | II Victory Medal, and the
Army Occupation Medal; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, SSG Troehler received the Combat Infantry Badge, | 9 | | the
Expert Infantry Badge, and the
Expert Marksmanship Badge; | 10 | | he was also given the Honorable Service Lapel Button; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, SSG Troehler passed away on April 13, 1989 in | 12 | | Chicago; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | 15 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate U.S. | 16 | | Route 24 as it travels through Fairbury as the "SSG Wilbur E. | 17 | | Troehler Memorial Highway"; and be it further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| 19 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
| 20 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
| 21 | | giving notice of the name "SSG Wilbur E. Troehler Memorial |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of SSG Troehler, the Mayor of | 4 | | Fairbury, and the Secretary of Transportation.
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