Full Text of SJR0015 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 those individuals who have
| 4 | | served our country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate
| 5 | | sacrifice for our nation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ronald E. Powers was born on June 12, 1948 and was | 7 | | raised in Macoupin County; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Powers joined the United States Army and | 9 | | served as a
Private First Class with the 9th Infantry | 10 | | Division, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, Combat Support | 11 | | Company; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, PFC Powers began his tour of duty in South | 13 | | Vietnam on September 5, 1968; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, On October 4, 1968, PFC Powers was killed in | 15 | | action while serving in the Dinh Tuong Province
in South | 16 | | Vietnam; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, PFC Powers was awarded the Purple Heart, the | 18 | | Bronze Star, the National Defense Medal, the Vietnam Service | 19 | | Medal,
and the Vietnam Campaign Medal; his name can be found on | 20 | | the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
on Panel 41w, line 7; therefore, |
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| 1 | | be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | 4 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois | 5 | | Route 16 from its intersection with Illinois Route 111 to its | 6 | | intersection with US Route 67 as the "PFC Ronald E. Powers | 7 | | Memorial Highway"; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| 9 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
| 10 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
| 11 | | giving notice of the name
"PFC
Ronald E. Powers Memorial | 12 | | Highway"; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of PFC Powers and the Secretary of the | 15 | | Illinois Department of Transportation.
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