Full Text of HJR0065 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the General Assembly of the State | 3 | | of Illinois are saddened by the death of Staff Sergeant Edwin | 4 | | Herbert DazaChacon, formerly of
Belleville, on February 13, | 5 | | 2006; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant DazaChacon was born in Bogota, | 7 | | Colombia on July 4, 1967; he graduated from Miami
Sunset High | 8 | | School in Miami, Florida in 1986; he served two separate | 9 | | enlistments in the U.S. Army;
at the time of his death, he had | 10 | | the rank of Staff Sergeant and was the NCOIC (Non-Commissioned | 11 | | Officer in Charge) of SOT-A team
708, HSC, 3rd Battalion, 7th | 12 | | Special Forces Group (A) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on
| 13 | | deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring | 14 | | Freedom; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, During his first enlistment, starting in 1990, | 16 | | Staff Sergeant DazaChacon served in the 82nd Airborne
Division | 17 | | and was deployed to Iraq for Operation Desert Shield/Desert | 18 | | Storm; he was subsequently
assigned to the U.S. Army Southern | 19 | | European Task Force in Vincenza, Italy and participated in
| 20 | | deployments to Egypt, Rwanda/Uganda/Zaire, Bosnia, and | 21 | | Liberia; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, After completing his initial enlistment in 1997, |
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| 1 | | Staff Sergeant DazaChacon
left active military service and | 2 | | relocated to Belleville; while in Belleville, he joined the | 3 | | U.S. Army
Reserve and completed his Bachelor of Science in | 4 | | Instructional Design and Workforce
Education at Southern | 5 | | Illinois University; during this time, he was employed as the
| 6 | | Manager of Fleet Operations for Southwestern Bell in St. Louis, | 7 | | Missouri; due to his patriotism
and undeniable calling to | 8 | | serve, he returned to active duty following the events of | 9 | | September 11, 2001; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant DazaChacon's military awards and | 11 | | decorations include the Army Commendation
Medal, the Army | 12 | | Achievement Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National | 13 | | Defense
Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, | 14 | | the Southwest Asia Services Medal, the
Kuwait Liberation Medal, | 15 | | the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Afghanistan
| 16 | | Campaign Medal, the Non-commissioned Officer Professional | 17 | | Development Ribbon, the Army
Service Ribbon, the Combat | 18 | | Infantryman's Badge, and the Senior Parachutist Wings; he was
| 19 | | posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for Valor, the Purple | 20 | | Heart, the Meritorious Service
Medal, and the Combat Action | 21 | | Badge; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, The passing of Staff Sergeant DazaChacon has been | 23 | | deeply
felt by many, especially his mother, Smila Chacon | 24 | | Valencia, and his sisters, Monique F.
and Jessica A. |
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| 1 | | DazaChacon; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 4 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of road | 5 | | on Illinois Route 2 from North Green Mountain
Road to Shiloh | 6 | | Station Road as the "Staff Sergeant Edwin DazaChacon Memorial | 7 | | Road"; 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 "Staff Sergeant Edwin DazaChacon | 12 | | Memorial Road"; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Staff Sergeant DazaChacon and the | 15 | | Secretary of Transportation.
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