PRINTER'S NO. 679
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
640
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, MAY 1, 2023
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MAY 1, 2023
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 11781, on that
portion of State Route 3004 over the West Branch Susquehanna
River, Burnside Township, Clearfield County, as the United
States Army Sergeant Harold Koller Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. United States Army Sergeant Harold Koller Memorial
Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Sergeant Koller started his service in the United
States Army in 1962.
(2) Sergeant Koller's primary unit was C Company, 1st
Battalion, 327th Infantry.
(3) Sergeant Koller was also known by many as "Butch."
(4) Sergeant Koller was killed in action in the Phu Yen
Province, South Vietnam, on September 2, 1966.
(5) Sergeant Koller's name is located on the Vietnam
Memorial Wall Panel 10E Line 62.
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(6) Sergeant Koller received the Bronze Star, the Purple
Heart, the Army Presidential Unit Citation, the Army Good
Conduct Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam
Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, the Republic of Vietnam
Campaign Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.
(7) This designation is supported by the Clymer American
Legion Post 222.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
11781, located on State Route 3004 over the West Branch of the
Susquehanna River, Burnside Township, Clearfield County, is
designated the United States Army Sergeant Harold Koller
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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