PRINTER'S NO. 3234
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2376
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, JAMES, STAATS, KAUFFMAN, BANTA, MOUL,
JOZWIAK AND STRUZZI, JUNE 4, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 4, 2024
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 56737, carrying
Pennsylvania Route 74 over the Little Conewago Creek in Dover
Township, York County, as the Corporal William E. Heilman
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Corporal William E. Heilman Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) William Emory Heilman was born September 11, 1947,
in York County.
(2) Corporal Heilman entered the service of the United
States Marine Corps on May 26, 1966, during the Vietnam War.
(3) Corporal Heilman served in the Third Marine
Amphibious Force, H&S Company.
(4) Corporal Heilman served in Vietnam for eight months
until he was struck by an artillery rocket mortar on May 5,
1968.
(5) Corporal Heilman passed away on May 5, 1968, in
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South Vietnam, Quang Nam Province.
(6) For his valiant service, Corporal Heilman was
awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, National
Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam
Service Medal, Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation,
Vietnam Gallantry Cross, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal and
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
56737, carrying Pennsylvania Route 74 over the Little Conewago
Creek in Dover Township, York County, is designated the Corporal
William E. Heilman 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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