PRINTER'S NO. 2327
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1855
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BARTON, GREINER, KEPHART, STEHR, JAMES, GUENST,
STRUZZI, MOUL, STAATS, KAUFFMAN, CAUSER, SCOTT AND KHAN,
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 15, 2023
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 68136, carrying
State Route 4028 over Mill Creek in Hamburg Borough, Berks
County, as the Sergeant Jackie Seltzer Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sergeant Jackie Seltzer Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Sergeant Jackie Seltzer was born August 26, 1946, in
West Reading and was a resident of Hamburg Borough, Berks
County.
(2) Sergeant Seltzer was drafted into the United States
Army and became a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 18th
Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
(3) On May 12, 1968, Sergeant Seltzer was the squad
leader of a reconnaissance force which was pinned down in a
swamp in Phu Loi after encountering a hidden bunker and a
large group of Viet Cong. After locating the bunker, Sergeant
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Seltzer charged and destroyed the bunker with grenades,
killing several enemy soldiers.
(4) After destroying the bunker, 21-year-old Sergeant
Seltzer was returning to evacuate the wounded when he was
struck by small arms fire and killed.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
68136, carrying State Route 4028 over Mill Creek in Hamburg
Borough, Berks County, is designated the Sergeant Jackie Seltzer
Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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