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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 15
(By Senators Kirkendoll, Stollings, Beach and Plymale)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the Logan County Route
5/12 (White Oak Road) from the junction of White Oak Creek
Road (Co. Rt. 5/11) 0.00-0.35 the "Private First Class Troy
Franklin Tomblin Memorial Highway".
Whereas, Troy Franklin Tomblin was born March 25, 1947, to
Troy and Nettie Tomblin in Harts, West Virginia. He had six
siblings. He was a Baptist and graduated from Chapmanville High
School in 1965. He enlisted in the United States Army and started
a tour of duty on October 29, 1966, as a Private First Class
Infantryman, a member of B CO, 2nd BN, 8th Infantry, 4th Inf Div,
USARV in Vietnam. He was killed in action in Kontum Province,
South Vietnam, on February 21, 1967. Private First Class Troy
Franklin Tomblin was awarded the Purple Heart, Vietnam Service
Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and National Defense Medal; and
Whereas, Private First Class Troy Franklin Tomblin gave his
life in the service of his country and state and his sacrifice
should not go unnoticed; and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Private First Class Troy
Franklin Tomblin by naming the Logan County Route 5/12 (White Oak Road) from the junction of White Oak Creek Road (Co. Rt. 5/11)
0.00-0.35 the "Private First Class Troy Franklin Tomblin Memorial
Highway"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to name the Logan County Route 5/12 (White Oak Road) from the
junction of White Oak Creek Road (Co. Rt. 5/11) 0.00-0.35 the
"Private First Class Troy Franklin Tomblin Memorial Highway"; and,
be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the road as
the "Private First Class Troy Franklin Tomblin Memorial Highway";
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of
the Department of Transportation and to the surviving family and
relatives of Troy Franklin Tomblin.