HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 71

(By Delegates Thompson, Hicks, Rodighiero, R. Miller, Eldridge, Marcum and Lovejoy)

[Introduced February 20, 2018; Referred to the Committee on Rules]

Requesting that the Division of Highways name bridge number 50-37-22.70 (50A076) (38.16807, -82.37858), locally known as East Lynn Bridge, carrying WV 37 over the East Fork of Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County, the “U. S. Army CPL Lee Roy Young Memorial Bridge.”

Whereas, U. S. Army CPL Lee Roy Young was born in 1933 in Genoa, Wayne County, West Virginia; and

Whereas, CPL Young joined the United States Army and served with the 8^th Cavalry Regiment, 1^st Cavalry Division, in the Chorwon Area in the Korean War; and

Whereas, CPL Young was seriously wounded while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 26, 1951. He returned to duty on May 29, 1951; and

Whereas, CPL Young was killed in action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 17,1951. He is buried in the Young Family Cemetery in Genoa, Wayne County, West Virginia.

Whereas, Naming this bridge is an appropriate recognition of CPL Young’s contributions and sacrifice to his country and to the State of West Virginia—the state of his birth; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name Bridge Number 50-37-22.70 (50A076) (38.16807, -82.37858), locally known as East Lynn Bridge, carrying WV 37 over the East Fork of Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County, the “U. S. Army CPL Lee Roy Young Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the "U. S. Army CPL Lee Roy Young Memorial Bridge"; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates, forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.