IL SR0930

Designates September 16, 2022 as POW/MIA Recognition Day in Illinois to honor service members who were captured, missing, or died in captivity and never returned home

Acknowledges approximately 81,600 American service personnel remain classified as Missing in Action, including 4,152 from Illinois

Recognizes the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission to recover fallen Americans and account for missing personnel to their families and the nation

Affirms Illinois' support for the United States priority to bring every fallen service member home