SJR93 Summary

• Names a portion of Highway 11 in Greene County from the county line at Knoxville to the Sumter County line the "Matthew Leonard Highway"

• Honors Sergeant First Class Matthew Leonard, born November 26, 1929, in Eutaw, Alabama, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient

• Matthew Leonard was killed in action on February 28, 1967, while serving as platoon sergeant near Suio Da, South Vietnam

• His Medal of Honor was presented to his wife, Lois, by President Lyndon B. Johnson during a ceremony at the Pentagon on December 19, 1968

• Directs proper officials to place and maintain markers designating the Matthew Leonard Highway and provides a copy of the resolution to his family