IL SJR0050

Urges the President of the United States and Congress to designate a state funeral for the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient, with the option to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.

Notes that only 2 of 353 Americans who received the Medal of Honor during World War II remain alive: Charles H. Coolidge of Tennessee and Hershel Woodrow Williams of West Virginia.

States that a state funeral would serve as a unifying national event honoring all 16 million soldiers, sailors, and airmen who served in the Armed Forces from 1941 to 1945.

Directs that copies of the resolution be sent to the President, Congress leadership, Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committee chairs, and the Illinois Congressional Delegation.