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IL HJR0075
Joint Resolution
Status
5/30/2019
Primary Sponsor
Joe Sosnowski
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AI Summary
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Designates the section of Illinois Route 251 from Bridge Street in Roscoe to Rockton Road in Roscoe as the Specialist Brandon Jacob Rowe Memorial Highway.
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Honors Specialist Brandon Jacob Rowe, killed in action on March 31, 2003, near Al Hillah, Iraq, while serving with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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Recognizes Rowe as the first infantryman of the 101st to be killed in combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom and the first from Northern Illinois killed in that war.
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Requests the Illinois Tollway erect plaques or signs at suitable locations along the memorial highway consistent with state and federal regulations.
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Directs that copies of the resolution be presented to Rowe's family and the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.
Legislative Description
SPC BRANDON ROWE MEM HGHWY
Last Action
Referred to Assignments
10/28/2019