Full Text of HJR0025 103rd General Assembly
HJ0025 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| | 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| | 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | | 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to truly great individuals who | | 4 | | have served our country and, in doing so, have made the
| | 5 | | ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
| | 6 | | WHEREAS, Private First Class Donnie Joe Clough of | | 7 | | Hindsboro was born to Joseph and Pearl Tate Clough in Tuscola | | 8 | | on July 27, 1949; and
| | 9 | | WHEREAS, PFC Clough volunteered to serve in the U.S. | | 10 | | Marine Corps in July of 1968; he was sent overseas on January | | 11 | | 27, 1969, serving as a rifleman in the 1st Marine Division, 2nd | | 12 | | Battalion, 5th Marine, F Company; and
| | 13 | | WHEREAS, PFC Clough was killed while on duty in the Quang | | 14 | | Nam Providence in Vietnam on September 9, 1969; and
| | 15 | | WHEREAS, PFC Clough was awarded the Purple Heart, the | | 16 | | Combat Action Ribbon, the Vietnam Service Medal with one | | 17 | | Service Star, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the National Defense | | 18 | | Service Medal, and the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal; and
| | 19 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, PFC Clough was | | 20 | | survived by his parents; his brothers, Clyde Russel, Doyle |
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| | 1 | | Wayne, Alvin Layel, and Bruce Dean; and his sisters, Virginia | | 2 | | Taylor, Carol Layton, Debra Louise, Linda Sue, and Pamela Kay; | | 3 | | and
| | 4 | | WHEREAS, PFC Clough's name has been immortalized on Panel | | 5 | | WI8, Line 61 of the Vietnam Wall Memorial in Washington, D.C.; | | 6 | | therefore, be it
| | 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | | 8 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | | 9 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois Route 133 | | 10 | | as it travels through Hindsboro as the "PFC Donnie J. Clough | | 11 | | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
| | 12 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| | 13 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
| | 14 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
| | 15 | | giving notice of the name "PFC Donnie J. Clough Memorial | | 16 | | Highway"; and be it further
| | 17 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | | 18 | | presented to the family of PFC Clough and the Secretary of the | | 19 | | Illinois Department of Transportation.
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