SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 43

(By Senators Stover, Jeffries, Lindsay, and Unger)

[Introduced March 22, 2021]

Requesting the Division of Highways name the bridge at coordinates 37.501667, -81.336111, carrying WV 10 over Noseman Branch in Wyoming County, the “U. S. Army PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Joseph Stanley McKinney was born July 20, 1947, in Herndon, West Virginia; and

Whereas, Joseph Stanley McKinney graduated from Herndon High School in 1966; and

Whereas, PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney entered the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War as a member of the 4th Infantry, Division 12th Infantry, 3rd Battalion; and

Whereas, PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney was killed in action on January 23, 1968, in the Kontum Province of Vietnam during the Tet Offensive; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate U.S. Army PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney and his ultimate sacrifice to our state and country; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the bridge at coordinates 37.501667, -81.336111, carrying WV 10 over Noseman Branch in Wyoming County, the “U. S. Army PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “U. S. Army PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.