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House Concurrent Resolution 30 History
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 30
(By Delegates Howell, Azinger, Barrett, Border, Butler, Cadle,
Canterbury, Craig, A. Evans, Folk, Gearheart, Hamrick, J. Nelson,
R. Phillips, Rowan, Shott, P. Smith, R. Smith, Staggers, Storch,
Swartzmiller, Westfall and Williams)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name West Virginia Route 42
from the intersection with Route 46 at Elk Garden, Mineral
County, West Virginia, to the intersection with U. S. Route 50
in Mineral County, West Virginia, the "Army Sergeant Thomas
Lawrence Dunithan Memorial Highway".
Whereas, Thomas Lawrence Dunithan, the son of Lawrence and
Betty Dunithan, was born and raised in Elk Garden, West Virginia,
and graduated from Elk Garden High School in 1966; and
Whereas, Thomas Lawrence Dunithan grew up with his brothers
Melvin Eugene Dunithan and Charles William Dunithan and his sisters
Charlotte Dunithan Hamrick and Donna Dunithan Burdock; and
Whereas, Sergeant Thomas Lawrence Dunithan died June 6, 1968,
as a result of wounds received in combat in Vietnam while serving
with the United States Army; and
Whereas, Sergeant Thomas Lawrence Dunithan was awarded a Bronze
Star and a Purple Heart for his unselfish service to his country; and
Whereas, It is only fitting and proper that this stretch of
road near his hometown of Elk Garden be named in his honor, and
that it henceforth stand as a permanent memorial so that Sargeant
Thomas Lawrence Dunithan's supreme sacrifice will not be forgotten;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways name West Virginia Route 42 from
the intersection with West Virginia Route 46 at Elk Garden, Mineral
County, West Virginia, to the intersection with U. S. Route 50 in
Mineral County, the "Army Sergeant Thomas Lawrence Dunithan
Memorial Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested
to have made, and be placed, signs identifying the road as the
"Army Sergeant Thomas Lawrence Dunithan Memorial Highway" with a
designation that Sergeant Dunithan served in the Vietnam War; and,
be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates,
forward five certified copies of this resolution to Thomas
Caldwell, P. O. Box 52, Burlington, WV 26710 and a certified copy
to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.