Illinois SR 421: MEMORIAL-BG RICHARD NORTHERN

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SR0421LRB104 15293 ECR 28447 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Brigadier General Richard E. 

4Northern, Illinois National Guard (Ret.), who passed away on 

5September 2, 2025; and

6 WHEREAS, BG Northern was born to Harold Perry and Wilma 

7Northern in Quincy on September 1, 1927; he graduated from 

8Quincy Senior High School; he earned a Bachelor of 

9Administration in Business and Accounting from Gem City 

10Business College in Quincy; he graduated from several military 

11schools, including the Chemical, Biological and Radiological 

12School in Camp Gifu, Japan, the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, 

13Maryland, where he undertook Atomic Weapons Training, the 

14Officer Basic Course, the Officer Advance Course, and the 

15Ordnance Field Grade Course, and the Industrial College of the 

16United States Armed Forces/U.S. Army War College, and he 

17earned credit hours in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps and 

18the Selective Service System; and

19 WHEREAS, BG Northern enlisted in the Illinois National 

20Guard on June 23, 1948; he served as a sergeant of the 126th 

21Service and Supply Company, which was sent to Korea in 1952, 

22where he was assigned to the 314th Ammunition Group; after the 

23Korean War, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 

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1Medical Service Corps in 1955, serving in the Medical Company, 

2130th Infantry Regiment until 1958; he then re-branched to the 

3Ordnance Corps and was assigned as executive officer of the 

4126th Ordnance Company before being promoted company 

5commander, serving in that unit until 1965; during the Vietnam 

6War, he was responsible for training the