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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
3Assembly pays honor and respect to those who have served our
4country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate sacrifice for
5our nation; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Robert Dale Herreid served as a
7Specialist 5 in the U.S. Army with Detachment A-402P, Company
8D, 5th Special Forces Group and was an advisor operating with a
9mobile strike force company; and
 
10    WHEREAS, On October 10, 1968, SSG Herreid's company was
11ambushed by a large enemy force in the Co To Mountain area,
12Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam; the company was forced to
13fall back after suffering casualties, and the area was then
14subjected to heavy artillery bombardment in subsequent
15battles; and
 
16    WHEREAS, SSG Herreid was hit and killed during the ensuing
17fire fight, and his unit could not evacuate his body as they
18fell back; later searches of the battle area failed to locate
19his remains; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Following the incident, the Army promoted SSG
21Herreid to the rank of Staff Sergeant; he is memorialized on

 

 

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1the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of
2the Pacific; his name is also inscribed along with all his
3fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in
4Washington, DC; and
 
5    WHEREAS, SSG Herreid was awarded the Purple Heart, the
6National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal,
7the Vietnam Service Medal, the Army Presidential Unit
8Citation, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross, and the Army Good
9Conduct Medal; therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
11HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
12SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Route 31 in
13Batavia from Main Street south to Mooseheart Road as the "SSG
14Robert D. Herreid Memorial Highway"; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
16is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with
17State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
18giving notice of the name "SSG Robert D. Herreid Memorial
19Highway"; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
21presented to the family of SSG Herreid, Batavia Mayor Jeff
22Schielke, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of

 

 

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1Transportation.