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Full Text of HJR0054  103rd General Assembly

HJ0054 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 


 
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
3Assembly pays honor and respect to those who have served our
4country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate sacrifice for
5our nation; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Private First Class Wayne Wilder Hill Jr. served
7with the U.S. Army as a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion,
834th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division; and
 
9    WHEREAS, PFC Hill was taken Prisoner of War while fighting
10the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950; and
 
11    WHEREAS, PFC Hill died while a POW on October 20, 1950, and
12his remains were not recovered; and
 
13    WHEREAS, PFC Hill received the Purple Heart, the Combat
14Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United
15Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the
16Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and the Republic of Korea
17War Service Medal; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
19HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
20SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Route 31 in Aurora

 

 

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1from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the "PFC Wayne W. Hill
2Jr. Memorial Highway"; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
4is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with
5State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
6giving notice of the name "PFC Wayne W. Hill Jr. Memorial
7Highway"; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
9presented to the family of PFC Hill, Aurora Mayor Richard
10Irvin, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
11Transportation.