Illinois HR 300: COMMEND-SSG HERREID HWY

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HR0300LRB104 13439 MST 25828 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois House of 

3Representatives pays honor and respect to those who have 

4served our country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate 

5sacrifice for our nation; and

6 WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Robert Dale Herreid served as a 

7Specialist 5 in the U.S. Army with Detachment A-402P, Company 

8D, 5th Special Forces Group and was an advisor operating with a 

9mobile strike force company; and

10 WHEREAS, On October 10, 1968, SSG Herreid's company was 

11ambushed by a large enemy force in the Co To Mountain area, 

12Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam; the company was forced to 

13fall back after suffering casualties, and the area was then 

14subjected to heavy artillery bombardment in subsequent 

15battles; and

16 WHEREAS, SSG Herreid was hit and killed during the ensuing 

17fire fight, and his unit could not evacuate his body as they 

18fell back; later searches of the battle area failed to locate 

19his remains; and

20 WHEREAS, Following the incident, the Army promoted SSG 

21Herreid to the rank of Staff Sergeant; he is memorialized on 

HR0300- 2 -LRB104 13439 MST 25828 r

1the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of 

2the Pacific; his name is also inscribed along with all his 

3fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in 

4Washington, DC; and

5 WHEREAS, SSG Herreid was awarded the Purple Heart, the 

6National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, 

7the Vietnam Service Medal, the Army Presidential Unit 

8Citation, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross, and the Army Good 

9Conduct Medal; and

10 WHEREAS, The Heroes Way Designation Program through the 

11Illinois Department of Transpo