Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HR0299

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois House of Representatives pays honor and respect to those who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and

WHEREAS, Private First Class Wayne Wilder Hill Jr. served with the U.S. Army as a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division; and

WHEREAS, PFC Hill was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950; and

WHEREAS, PFC Hill died while a POW on October 20, 1950, and his remains were not recovered; and

WHEREAS, PFC Hill received the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal; and

WHEREAS, The Heroes Way Designation Program through the Illinois Department of Transportation honors fallen Illinois heroes who have been killed in action while performing active military duty with the United States Armed Forces and has designated Route 31 in Aurora from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue as the PFC Wayne W. Hill Jr. Memorial Highway; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we commend the designation of the PFC Wayne W. Hill Jr. Memorial Highway as part of the Heroes Way Designation Program through the Illinois Department of Transportation; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to the family of PFC Hill.