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Images: Army Ranger honored with sign on Route 120

Army Ranger Joseph Dimock II, who died in Afghanistan from injuries he suffered in an ammunition holding facility explosion, was honored posthumously Friday. In a ceremony on the fifth anniversary of his death Friday, a sign on westbound Route 120 near Grayslake village limits was unveiled to mark a stetch of the highway now dedicated to Dimock.

  Louis Dimock reaches up to touch the sign along Route 120 dedicated to his late brother, Army Ranger Joseph Dimock II. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Army Ranger Joseph Dimock II, who died in Afghanistan in 2010, had a stretch of Route 120 in Wildwood dedicated in his memory Friday morning. He lived near Route 120 and it was also where his funeral procession passed. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Ellen Dimock gives the keynote speech during the dedication of a stretch of Route 120 in Wildwood for her son, Army Ranger Joseph Dimock II, who died in Afghanistan in 2010. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Family and friends gather for the dedication. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Joseph Dimock, Sr., center, and son, Louis, right, stand with family and applaud as the sign dedication. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Left to right, Louis Dimock of Wildwood and girlfriend Katie Balleto of Algonquin, Kyle Duffy of South Carolina, Cori Duncan of Elmhurst and boyfriend Michel Dimock of Wildwood, applaud during the dedication. Army Ranger Dimock was the older brother of Louis and Michael, and was friend and fellow solder with Duffy. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Patriot Guard members Ron Tryczynski of Waukesha, WI, left, and Don Luckenbill of Wildwood, stand alongside an Army Ranger Joseph Dimock memorial table Friday. Luckenbill is a family friend and neighbor and knew Dimock since he was a small child. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  The Uuniform of the late Army Ranger Joseph Dimock stands on display during the dedication of a stretch of Route 120 in Wildwood Friday. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
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