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Gold Star Mother Susan King-Wieczorek listens to Brig. Gen. Mark Jackson, the Deputy Assistant Adjutant Assistant – Army for the Illinois National Guard, speak at a ceremony honoring Illinois' fallen service members. Her son, Sgt. Robert Weinger, age 24, was killed in action on March 15, 2009 in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Jackson served as the keynote speaker at a ceremony honoring Illinois’ Fallen Warriors on Saturday, Sept. 28. The ceremony was sponsored by the nonprofit Gold Star Mission. Gold Star Mission’s president, David Helfrich, and vice president, Andrew Adamczyk, are Illinois National Guard officers and many of the organization’s staff and volunteers are active or retired Illinois National Guard troops or family members including some Gold Star Families. This year the organization raised about $100,000 in scholarships to be awarded in honor of Fallen Warriors from Illinois. Gold Star Mission sponsors multiple events with the seminal event being an annual 500-mile, 5-day, endurance bicycle ride called the Gold Star 500, which ended Sept. 28.
| Date Taken: | 09.28.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 10.02.2019 18:29 |
| Photo ID: | 5794987 |
| VIRIN: | 190928-A-OH563-083 |
| Resolution: | 2890x2890 |
| Size: | 2.4 MB |
| Location: | WHEATON, ILLINOIS, US |
| Web Views: | 3 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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