SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 36
(By Senators Jenkins and Plymale)
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 06-23-1.15
(10460) in Ona, Cabell County, the "Cpl. William Bradley Fulks
Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, William Bradley Fulks was raised in the towns of Ona
and Milton, Cabell County; and
Whereas, William Bradley Fulks attended Ona Elementary and
Milton Middle School and graduated, with honors, from Cabell
Midland High School; and
Whereas, During his school years, William Bradley Fulks was
involved and excelled in many sports, including basketball,
football, baseball, track and boxing; and
Whereas, William Bradley Fulks competed in the Golden Gloves
Boxing Championship as a member of the Milton Boxing Club and
earned two State Championships; and
Whereas, William Bradley Fulks attended Marshall University
for one year before bravely deciding to enlist with the United
States Marine Corps; and
Whereas, Upon graduation from boot camp, William Bradley Fulks
reported to the School of Infantry, at Camp Geiger, North Carolina,
where he was trained as an 0351 assault man. Once he finished with
his training at the School of Infantry, he received orders to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, where he was assigned duties in the
Weapons Company, CAAT Platoon, and deployed to Afghanistan in March
2004; and
Whereas, After returning from this seven-month deployment,
William Bradley Fulks successfully completed the Reconnaissance
Screening and was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion and
graduated from Amphibious Reconnaissance School, S.E.R.E. School
and Army Airborne School; and
Whereas, William Bradley Fulks was deployed with the 2nd
Reconnaissance Battalion to Al Anbar, Iraq, in April 2006; and
Whereas, On May 1, 2006, William Bradley Fulks was severely
injured when his humvee was hit as the result of a roadside bomb.
Fulks was treated in Iraq, Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany and
Brooke Medical Center in Texas; and
Whereas, After a hard-fought battle dealing with numerous
serious injuries, William Bradley Fulks passed away at Brooke
Medical Center in Texas on May 18, 2006, with his loving and caring
family firmly by his side; and
Whereas, William Bradley Fulks was awarded the Purple Heart,
the Combat Action Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Iraq Campaign
Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Sea
Service Deployment ribbon, as well as a posthumous Navy and Marine
Corps Achievement Medal; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name
bridge number 06-23-1.15 (10460) in Ona, Cabell County, the "Cpl.
William Bradley Fulks Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested
to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the
"Cpl. William Bradley Fulks 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 Secretary of
the Department of Transportation and Vickey Champan.
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