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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 49

(By Delegates J. Kelly, Anderson, Wilson, Atkinson, D. Kelly, Azinger, Criss, Hollen, Cadle, Bibby, Waxman, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Angelucci, Butler, Byrd, Campbell, Canestraro, Capito, Cooper, Cowles, Dean, Doyle, Ellington, Espinosa, Estep-Burton, Evans, Fast, Fleischauer, Fluharty, Graves, Hamrick, Hanna, Hansen, Hardy, Harshbarger, Hicks, Higginbotham, Hill, Hornbuckle, Hott, Householder, Howell, D. Jeffries, J. Jeffries, Kessinger, Lavender-Bowe, Linville, Longstreth, Lovejoy, Mandt, Maynard, McGeehan, Miller, Pack, Paynter, Phillips, Porterfield, Pushkin, Queen, Robinson, Rodighiero, Rohrbach, Rowan, Rowe, Shott, Skaff, Steele, Storch, Swartzmiller, Sypolt, R. Thompson, Tomblin, Toney, Walker, Westfall and Worrell)

[Introduced February 4, 2019]

 

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 54-14-24.76 (54A039), locally known as Big Run Bridge, carrying WV 14 over Big Run in Wood County, the “U. S. Marine Corps PFC Danny Marshall Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Danny Marshall was born March 9, 1957, in Parkersburg, West Virginia.  He grew up in Waverly and attended Waverly Elementary School and Williamstown High School.  Danny was one of eight children of Mrs. Faye Marie Marshall Kemp (deceased January 2009).  His brothers and sisters are: Barbara Phillis (Williamstown, WV), Robert (New York), Joey (Parkersburg, WV), Dale (deceased), Dorothy Miller (Marietta, OH), Rex (deceased), and Susan Evans (Marietta, OH).  Robert and Joey also served, in the Army and Navy respectively.  Danny was an active youth and outdoorsman.  He enjoyed wrestling while at Williamstown High and earned several trophies; and

Whereas, At age 17, Danny Marshall joined the Marine Corps in 1974.  In 1975 he was based in Okinawa, and his unit would be called upon to rescue the crew of a merchant ship captured by the ruthless Cambodian communists who perpetrated The Killing Fields, the Khmer Rouge.  U. S. Marine Corps PFC Danny Marshall and another Marine were captured and taken to the mainland for interrogation at a former Buddhist temple called Wat IntNhean near Sihanoukville. After a week of interrogation and torture, they were killed and buried on the temple grounds. His death date is uncertain, so has been designated by the family as May 15, 1975.  He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Military Ribbon, the Vietnam Service Military Ribbon, the Defense Distinguished Service Military Ribbon and The Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. On May 23, 1986, the Academic 1 Facility at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, was dedicated to PFC Marshall and seven other marines who also gave their lives for their country; and

Whereas, Naming the bridge across Big Run in Wood County, the “U. S. Marine Corps PFC Danny Marshall Memorial Bridge” is an appropriate recognition of his contributions to his country, state, community and Wood County; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 54-14-24.76 (54A039), locally known as Big Run Bridge, carrying WV 14 over Big Run in Wood County,  the “U. S. Marine Corps PFC Danny Marshall Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs at both ends of the bridge containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the bridge as the “U. S. Marine Corps PFC Danny Marshall Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.

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