PRINTER'S NO. 2827
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2167
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY RIGBY, SCHMITT, DELLOSO, ROSSI, METZGAR, CAUSER,
STAATS, KAUFFMAN, KINSEY, GILLEN, MOUL, JOZWIAK AND ROWE,
MARCH 28, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 28, 2024
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 48914, carrying
Gallitzin Road, State Route 53, over Norfolk Southern
Railroad, located in Gallitzin Township, Cambria County, as
the Corporal James R. Beck USMC Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Corporal James R. Beck USMC Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) James Robert Beck was born March 22, 1948, in
Cresson, Cambria County.
(2) Cpl. James R. Beck served in the Vietnam War with
the D Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine
Division.
(3) On October 23, 1968, Corporal James R. Beck bravely
gave his life for his country. He was killed in an explosion
in the Quang Nam Province of South Vietnam.
(4) Cpl. James R. Beck is honored on the Vietnam
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