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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
3Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great individuals
4who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the
5ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
 
6    WHEREAS, United States Army Private First Class Gary Wayne
7Price started his tour of duty in Vietnam on April 6, 1967; he
8was killed in action by small arms fire on May 6, 1967 while
9serving near Plieku in Vietnam as an Infantryman with Company
10B, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry
11Division; he was 19 years old; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Private Price was awarded the Purple Heart Medal,
13the Combat Infantry Badge, the Vietnam Service Medal with One
14Service Star, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the National
15Defense Service Medal; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Private Price was laid to rest in Bunker Hill
17Cemetery; more than 1,200 people viewed his body as it lay in
18repose prior to his burial; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Private Price was born to Mr. and Mrs. Vern T.
20Price in Dorchester on July 28, 1947; he graduated from
21Gillespie High School in 1966; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of Route 16
4from Stagecoach Road to Gillespie as "Pfc. Gary Wayne Price
5Memorial Highway"; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
7is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
8State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
9giving notice of the name "Pfc. Gary Wayne Price Memorial
10Highway"; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation
13and the family of Private Price.