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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 Assembly pays honor and respect to those who have served our |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate sacrifice for |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 our nation; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 WHEREAS, Lance Corporal Thomas William Hollis was born in |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 Macoupin County on May 24, 1948; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 was deployed as a rifleman to Vietnam on March 13, 1967; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis attained the rank of lance corporal |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 and was attached to the 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Recon |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 Battalion, B Company; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis was killed in action in the Quang Tri |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 Province of South Vietnam on January 28, 1968; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 WHEREAS, LCpl Hollis was awarded the Purple Heart, the |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 Combat Action Ribbon, the Marksmanship Badge, the National |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Vietnam |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 Service Medal, the Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 the Vietnam Gallantry Cross, the Marine Corps Good Conduct |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 Medal, and the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal; his name can |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 be found on Panel 35E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 in Washington, D.C.; therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Route 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 in Gillespie from Route 4 to Kelly Street as the "LCpl Thomas |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 W. Hollis Memorial Highway"; and be it further |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 giving notice of the name "LCpl Thomas W. Hollis Memorial |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 Highway"; and be it further |
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