Committee Substitute

for

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 43

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

[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; reported March 31, 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, Wyoming County, West Virginia; and

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

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

Whereas, PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney began his tour on November 8, 1967, with a Light Weapons Infantry specialty; and

Whereas, PFC Joseph Stanley McKinney was killed due to hostile 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.