Full Text of HJR0117 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is important that we remember and honor those | 3 | | who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our State and | 4 | | nation; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Corporal Richard Lawrence Daugherty was born in | 6 | | Belleville, Illinois to Elvira and Charles Daugherty on | 7 | | February 3, 1949; he graduated from Waterloo Public High School | 8 | | in the spring of 1967; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Corporal Daugherty enlisted in the United States | 10 | | Army on November 17, 1967; he completed basic training at Fort | 11 | | Leonard Wood, Missouri and then finished Advanced Infantry | 12 | | Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, On May 1, 1968, Corporal Daugherty began his first | 14 | | tour of duty in Vietnam; while in the service, he received | 15 | | Expert Shooting Medals for machine guns and rifles, a Gold | 16 | | National Defense Medal, and the Purple Heart; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, On August 26, 1968, Corporal Richard Lawrence | 18 | | Daugherty died in the line of duty from injuries sustained | 19 | | during a mortar attack; he was the first casualty from | 20 | | Waterloo, Illinois and the second casualty from Monroe County | 21 | | during the Vietnam War; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | 3 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of Illinois | 4 | | Route 3 from Highway 156 to Vanderbrook Drive as the "Corporal | 5 | | Richard Lawrence Daugherty Memorial Highway"; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 7 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 8 | | State and Federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 9 | | giving notice to the name "Corporal Richard Lawrence Daugherty | 10 | | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Corporal Richard Daugherty and the | 13 | | Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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