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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
3Assembly pays honor and respect to those individuals who have
4served our country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate
5sacrifice for our nation; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Charles Thomas Heinemeier was born in Alton to
7John and Lela Heinemeier on March 2, 1949, the fourth son of 10
8children; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Marine Lance Corporal Heinemeier graduated from
10Bunker Hill High School in 1967, where he played baseball and
11basketball; after high school, he worked construction at McCann
12Concrete and the Olin Corporation; and
 
13    WHEREAS, In May of 1968, Cpl. Heinemeier, following the
14lead of his older brothers, enlisted in the U.S. Marines; he
15attended basic training in San Diego and Camp Pendleton
16California; in December of 1968, he was sent to Vietnam, six
17months after he enlisted; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Cpl. Heinemeier was killed on August 19, 1969
19while serving with the 1st Marine Division in Quang Nam,
20Vietnam; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Cpl. Heinemeier was posthumously awarded three
2Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Cpl. Heinemeier's commanding officer remembers
4him as the man who made life bearable in the midst of death;
5"Your son," he wrote Mrs. Heinemeier, "was our morale booster.
6We wouldn't have made it without him."; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
8HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
9SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate IL-159 from Detour
10Road to IL-16 in Bunker Hill as the "Lance Cpl. Charles
11Heinemeier Memorial Highway"; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
13is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
14State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
15giving notice of the name "Lance Cpl. Charlie Heinemeier
16Memorial Highway"; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
18presented to the family of Cpl. Heinemeier, the Mayor of Bunker
19Hill, and the Secretary of Transportation.