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House Concurrent Resolution 59 History
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 59
(By Delegates Paxton, Poore, P. Smith, Skaff, Young, Eldridge,
Fleischauer, Lynch, Sponaugle and Hartman)
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 40-62-20.63
in Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, the "Corporal Gerry
Glen Simpson Memorial Bridge, United States Army".
Whereas, Gerry Glen Simpson was born on September 17, 1947, in
Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia; and
Whereas, Gerry Glen Simpson enlisted in the United States Army
in 1967, and was deployed to Vietnam this same year; and
Whereas, Gerry Glen Simpson was viewed by his commanders as a
leader and, within a short time period, became a corporal and
leader of soldiers; and
Whereas, Corporal Simpson was killed in action on November 23,
1967, dying from multiple fragmentation wounds in Dinh Tuong,
Vietnam; and
Whereas, Corporal Gerry Glen Simpson was awarded several medals
and honors for his valor, leadership and courage including the
Purple Heart Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam
Service Medal with device, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the
Vietnam Gallantry Cross; and
Whereas, On that fateful day in November, 1967, Corporal
Simpson gave his young life and his last full measure of devotion to his country and to his comrades-in-arms; and
Whereas, It is only fitting and proper that a bridge be named
in his honor and that it henceforth stand as a permanent memorial
so that Corporal Gerry Glen Simpson's supreme sacrifice for our
nation will not be forgotten; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways name the bridge number 40-62-
20.63 in Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, the "Corporal Gerry
Glen Simpson Memorial Bridge, United States Army"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested
to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the
"Corporal Gerry Glen Simpson Memorial Bridge, United States Army";
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates,
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the
Department of Transportation, to the Mayor of Buffalo and to
Corporal Gerry Glen Simpson's family: brother Eldie D. Simpson;
sisters Geneva Persinger, Janice Mitchell and Faye Fearls; and,
daughter, Sheila Hammond.