Full Text of SJR0009 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
| 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to those individuals
who have | 4 | | served our country and, in doing so, have made the
ultimate | 5 | | sacrifice for our nation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Charles Thomas Heinemeier was born in Alton to | 7 | | John and Lela
Heinemeier on March 2, 1949, the fourth son of 10 | 8 | | children; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Marine Lance Corporal Heinemeier graduated from | 10 | | Bunker Hill High School in 1967, where he
played baseball and | 11 | | basketball; after high school, he worked construction at McCann | 12 | | Concrete and the Olin
Corporation; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In May of 1968, Cpl. Heinemeier, following the | 14 | | lead of his older brothers, enlisted in the
U.S. Marines; he | 15 | | attended basic training in San Diego and Camp Pendleton | 16 | | California; in December of 1968, he
was sent to Vietnam, six | 17 | | months after he enlisted; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Cpl. Heinemeier was killed on August 19, 1969 | 19 | | while serving with the 1st Marine Division in
Quang Nam, | 20 | | Vietnam; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Cpl. Heinemeier was posthumously awarded three | 2 | | Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Cpl. Heinemeier's commanding officer remembers | 4 | | him as the man who made life bearable in the midst of death; | 5 | | "Your son," he wrote Mrs. Heinemeier, "was our morale booster. | 6 | | We wouldn't have made it without him."; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 9 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate IL-159 from Detour Road to | 10 | | IL-16 in Bunker Hill as the "Lance Cpl. Charles Heinemeier | 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
"Lance Cpl. Charlie Heinemeier | 16 | | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Cpl. Heinemeier, the Mayor of
Bunker | 19 | | Hill, and the Secretary of Transportation.
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