Full Text of SJR0046 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 who have served our | 4 | | country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate sacrifice for | 5 | | our nation; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Thomas William Hollis was born in | 7 | | Macoupin County on May 24, 1948; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and | 9 | | was deployed as a rifleman to Vietnam on March 13, 1967; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis attained the rank of lance corporal | 11 | | and was attached to the 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Recon | 12 | | Battalion, B Company; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis was killed in action in the Quang Tri | 14 | | Province of South Vietnam on January 28, 1968; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis was awarded the Purple Heart, the | 16 | | Combat Action Ribbon, the Marksmanship Badge, the National | 17 | | Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Vietnam | 18 | | Service Medal, the Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, | 19 | | the Vietnam Gallantry Cross, the Marine Corps Good Conduct | 20 | | Medal, and the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal; his name can |
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| 1 | | be found on Panel 35e, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial | 2 | | in Washington D.C.; therefore, be it | 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | 5 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Route 16 | 6 | | in Gillespie from Route 4 to Kelly Street as the "LCpl Thomas | 7 | | W. Hollis 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 "LCpl Thomas W. Hollis Memorial | 12 | | Highway"; and be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of LCpl Hollis, the Mayor of | 15 | | Gillespie, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | 16 | | Transportation. |
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