Full Text of SJR0063 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Route 148 is a State highway that runs | 3 | | from Pulley's Mill in Southern Illinois north to Mount Vernon; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, United States Army Specialist Travis Picantine of | 6 | | Sesser passed away while in the service of this country on | 7 | | November 10, 2009; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He enlisted in the United States Army in 2007; he | 9 | | completed his Basic Training and AIT at Fort Benning, Georgia; | 10 | | he was stationed at Fort Drum, New York with the 10th Mountain | 11 | | Division; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He was an Infantryman with the 1-32 Charlie | 13 | | Company; he returned to Fort Drum after his deployment to | 14 | | Afghanistan; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, He received many medals and awards during his | 16 | | military service, including the Army Commendation Medal, 2 Army | 17 | | Achievement Medals with Oak Leaf, the National Defense Medal, | 18 | | the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Star, the War on Terrorism | 19 | | Service Medal, the United Nations Medal, the Basic Training | 20 | | Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Medal, the Army | 21 | | Presidential Unit Ribbon with Bronze Oak Leaf, the Army |
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| 1 | | Valorous Unit Citation, the Army Meritorious Unit Citation, the | 2 | | Expert Marksman Badge, the Combat Infantry Badge, and an | 3 | | Infantry Cord; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, United States Army Specialist Travis Picantine is | 5 | | remembered by his mother, Tammie Goessman Severs; his sister, | 6 | | Megan Bowlin; his niece, Lily Marie Bowlin; his nephew, Travis | 7 | | Ryan Bowlin, named in his honor after his passing; and his | 8 | | grandparents, Harold Dean and Margaret Goessman; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, This fallen soldier deserves to be remembered by | 10 | | the State of Illinois for his service to this country; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 14 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the portion of Illinois Route 148 from | 15 | | Christopher and through the Village of Sesser be renamed the | 16 | | Army Specialist Travis Picantine Memorial Highway; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 19 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 20 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 21 | | giving notice of the name of the Army Specialist Travis | 22 | | Picantine Memorial Highway; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the Illinois Department of Transportation and the | 3 | | family of Army Specialist Travis Picantine.
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