Bill > HR0300

This resolution commends the designation of Route 31 in Batavia, Illinois, as the SSG Robert D. Herreid Memorial Highway through the Heroes Way Designation Program, which honors military service members killed in action. The resolution honors Staff Sergeant Robert Dale Herreid, who served in the U.S. Army's 5th Special Forces Group during the Vietnam War and was killed on October 10, 1968, during an enemy ambush in the Co To Mountain area of South Vietnam. SSG Herreid was posthumously promoted to Staff Sergeant and received multiple military decorations, including the Purple Heart and Vietnam Service Medal, and is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC. The resolution not only recognizes the highway designation but also calls for suitable copies of the resolution to be presented to SSG Herreid's family, symbolizing official recognition of his sacrifice and service to the nation.

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