IL HJR0099

Designates the section of Illinois Route 1 running from the south end of Westville to Georgetown as the "Sgt. Kenneth R. Nichols, Jr. Memorial Highway"

Honors Army Sgt. Kenneth R. Nichols, Jr., who was killed in Kunar Province, Afghanistan on December 1, 2009 during a small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenade attack on his unit

Sgt. Nichols was a 4-year Army veteran from Chrisman who graduated from Georgetown-Ridge High School in 2000 and served in Iraq from October 2006 to December 2007

Directs the Illinois Department of Transportation to erect plaques or signs at suitable locations along the designated highway indicating the memorial name

Requires copies of the resolution be presented to Sgt. Nichols' family and the Illinois Secretary of Transportation