Bill > HJR0048

This joint resolution designates a specific section of Illinois Route 131, from the state line south to Illinois Route 173, as the "Lance Corporal Russell Rowe Memorial Highway" to honor Lance Corporal Russell Rowe. The resolution details Rowe's life, including his birth, high school graduation, enlistment in the United States Marine Corps where he achieved the rank of lance corporal, and his service during the 1965 intervention in the Dominican Republic. It recounts his heroic actions during a machine-gun ambush where he sustained severe injuries but continued to fight, ultimately passing away from complications related to those injuries. The resolution also mentions his posthumous awards of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, his burial, and the request from his family and community to memorialize him. The Illinois Department of Transportation is requested to erect appropriate signs and plaques to mark the highway, and copies of the resolution are to be presented to his family and the Secretary of Transportation.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=48&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HJR&SessionID=114&GA=104