Full Text of HR0273 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the life and service of Jon | 4 | | Charles Sapp, who was killed in action defending his country | 5 | | during the Vietnam War; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jon Sapp was born to Charles and Mary (Frandin) | 7 | | Sapp on July 31, 1943; he graduated from Ottawa High School and | 8 | | studied history at college in Nebraska with plans on becoming | 9 | | a history teacher; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jon Sapp followed in his father's footsteps and | 11 | | joined the U.S. Army; he took his basic combat training at Fort | 12 | | Leonard Wood, Missouri and advanced infantry training at Fort | 13 | | Ord, California; he was then sent to Non-Commissioned Officers | 14 | | School at Fort Benning, Georgia; he graduated, was promoted to | 15 | | staff sergeant, and was made a squad leader; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Jon Sapp received orders sending him to Vietnam | 17 | | on January 10, 1970; he joined the 9th Infantry Division of | 18 | | World War II fame; his regiment was the 60th Infantry | 19 | | Regiment, which has been formed in 1861 during the Civil War; | 20 | | he was part of the 2nd Battalion, Company A, Air Assault; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Jon Sapp arrived in the Mekong Delta south of |
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| 1 | | Saigon, Vietnam on January 22, 1970; as a squad leader, he led | 2 | | his men on patrols to protect the perimeter and keep a check on | 3 | | the enemy; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Jon Sapp's base camp was attacked by the North | 5 | | Vietnamese in April of 1970; his hut was destroyed, and he lost | 6 | | most of his personal effects; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jon Sapp was killed in action on April 19, 1970 as | 8 | | his unit took part in a firefight in retaliation for the attack | 9 | | on his base camp; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jon Sapp was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, | 11 | | the Silver Star, the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the National | 12 | | Defense Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam | 13 | | Campaign Medal; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we recognize the life and service of Jon Charles Sapp, who was | 17 | | killed in action defending his country during the Vietnam War; | 18 | | and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Jon Sapp as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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