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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General |
| 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great
individuals |
| 4 | | who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the |
| 5 | | ultimate sacrifice for our
nation; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, United States Army Corporal James "Chad" Young was |
| 7 | | born in Springfield to Jerry and Brett Ann Bowen Young on |
| 8 | | August 10, 1985 and raised in the Rochester area; he attended |
| 9 | | Ball-Chatham schools and graduated from Glenwood High School
in |
| 10 | | 2003; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Cpl. Young joined the United States Army in 2004; |
| 12 | | he served in Korea before being deployed to
Afghanistan for the |
| 13 | | first time, returning in late 2007; he was called back for a |
| 14 | | second tour of duty and
arrived in Afghanistan in early June of |
| 15 | | 2010, where he was assigned to the 863rd Engineer Battalion; |
| 16 | | and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Cpl. Young was killed on November 3, 2010 while |
| 18 | | serving
his country in Nar-Kariz, Kandahar Province, |
| 19 | | Afghanistan; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Cpl. Young was promoted to corporal posthumously; |
| 21 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Cpl. Young is survived by his parents; his sister, |
| 2 | | Katie
Young Powell; his brother, Steven Baptist; his nieces and |
| 3 | | nephews, Caleb Baptist, Elizabeth Baptist,
Sydney Robbins, and |
| 4 | | Kamryn Robbins; his aunts and uncles, Lois Young, Patty and |
| 5 | | John "Sandy" Bacia,
John and Carol Bowen, Joannie and Dave |
| 6 | | McCallister, and Joe and Rosie Bowen; and 16 cousins; |
| 7 | | therefore, be it
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 9 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE |
| 10 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois Route 4 as it |
| 11 | | travels through Chatham as the "U.S. Army Corporal James "Chad" |
| 12 | | Young Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation |
| 14 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations,
consistent with |
| 15 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs |
| 16 | | giving notice of the name "U.S. Army Corporal James "Chad" |
| 17 | | Young Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable
copies of this resolution be sent |
| 19 | | to the family of Cpl. Young, Chatham Village President Dave |
| 20 | | Kimsey, and the
Secretary of Transportation.
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