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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 37

WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great individuals who have served our country and, in doing so, have gone above and beyond the call of duty to make the ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and

WHEREAS, SPC Trevor Pinnick dedicated his life to defending America's freedom and made the ultimate sacrifice in service to his nation on June 12, 2012, in a medical treatment facility at Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by an enemy improvised explosive device; and

WHEREAS, SPC Trevor Pinnick was born on January 6, 1992, in Chesapeake, Virginia, graduating from Lawrenceville High School in May of 2010, and joining the Army right out of high school, serving with the 18th Engineer Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; and

WHEREAS, SPC Trevor Pinnick received the Army Achievement Medal on September 6, 2011, for his work in August 2011 with the 18th Engineer Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment and was promoted to Specialist in the first week of June 2011, and was scheduled to be home on leave a month before giving his life; he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart; and

WHEREAS, SPC Trevor Pinnick leaves behind his wife, Martha Pinnick; his daughter, Melody Renee Pinnick; his mother, Nancy Pinnick; his father, Thomas Pinnick; his older brother, Thomas Pinnick Jr.; and his twin sisters, Kayla Lynn Pinnick and Bethany Rose Pinnick; and

WHEREAS, United States and Illinois flags throughout the State flew at half-staff as a symbol of mourning and to honor the sacrifice of SPC Trevor Pinnick; and

WHEREAS, SPC Trevor Pinnick's funeral was held at the Lawrenceville High School Auditorium and he was laid to rest in Memorial Park Cemetery in Vincennes, Indiana, with full military honors; and

WHEREAS, This fallen soldier deserves to be remembered by the State of Illinois for his service to this country; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of U.S. Route 50 Business through Lawrenceville, Illinois, as the "Trevor Pinnick Memorial Highway" in honor of the memory and sacrifice of SPC Trevor Pinnick; and be it further

RESOLVED, The Illinois Department of Transportation is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving notice of the name of the "Trevor Pinnick Memorial Highway"; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the family of SPC Trevor Pinnick.