Illinois SR 49: MEMORIAL-ROSCOE M. COUGILL

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SR0049LRB104 09640 LAW 19706 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of former Mayor of Charleston and 

4Brigadier General Roscoe McDaniel "Dan" Cougill, U.S. Air 

5Force (Ret.), who passed away on January 18, 2025; and

6 WHEREAS, Brig. Gen. Cougill, the son of Oral and Emaline 

7(Vaughn) Cougill, was born in Charleston on October 24, 1941; 

8he graduated from Charleston High School in 1959; he earned 

9his Bachelor of Science in Education from Eastern Illinois 

10University in 1963; he married Sallie A. Carrow in Robinson on 

11February 15, 1969; he earned his Master of Science in Guidance 

12and Counseling from Troy State University in Troy, Alabama in 

131976; and

14 WHEREAS, Brig. Gen. Cougill taught math in Byron for a 

15year before joining the U.S. Air Force in August 1964; he 

16graduated from Officer Training School at Lackland Air Force 

17Base (AFB), Texas in November 1964; he took his first military 

18assignment with Strategic Air Command at Little Rock AFB, 

19Arkansas; after completing the Basic Communications Officer 

20Course at Keesler AFB, Mississippi in December 1965, he was 

21assigned to the 825th Communications Squadron at Little Rock 

22AFB, Arkansas, where he served as chief of operations and 

23launch enable systems control officer on the Titan missile 

SR0049- 2 -LRB104 09640 LAW 19706 r

1system; he transferred to the 392nd Communications Squadron as 

2chief of operations at Vandenberg AFB, California in June 

31967; he became chief of operations for the 27th 

4Communications Squadron at Andersen AFB, Guam in July 1968, 

5with additional duties as officer-in-charge of two operating 

6air base locations at Da Nang