Full Text of SJR0032 100th 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 the truly great individuals | 4 | | who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the
| 5 | | ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, United States Army Private First Class Gary Wayne | 7 | | Price started his tour of duty in Vietnam on April 6,
1967; he | 8 | | was
killed in action by small arms fire on May 6, 1967 while | 9 | | serving near Plieku in Vietnam as an Infantryman
with Company | 10 | | B, 3rd Battalion, 12th
Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry | 11 | | Division; he was 19 years old; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Private Price was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, | 13 | | the Combat Infantry
Badge, the Vietnam Service Medal with One
| 14 | | Service Star, the Vietnam Campaign Medal,
and the National | 15 | | Defense Service Medal; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Private Price was laid to rest in Bunker Hill | 17 | | Cemetery; more than 1,200 people viewed his body as it lay in | 18 | | repose prior to his burial; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Private Price was born to Mr. and Mrs. Vern T. | 20 | | Price in Dorchester on July 28, 1947; he graduated from | 21 | | Gillespie High School in 1966; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 3 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of Route 16 | 4 | | from Stagecoach Road to Gillespie as "Pfc. Gary Wayne Price | 5 | | Memorial Highway"; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| 7 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 8 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
| 9 | | giving notice of the name "Pfc. Gary Wayne Price Memorial | 10 | | Highway"; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 12 | | presented to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation
| 13 | | and the family of Private Price.
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