PRINTER'S NO. 2951
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2044
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BLOOM, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, COX, BURNS, BARRAR,
RYAN, DUSH, SONNEY, DONATUCCI, DiGIROLAMO, MALONEY, BAKER,
BENNINGHOFF, TALLMAN, ROTHMAN, DAVIS, WARD, LONGIETTI,
MUSTIO, TOEPEL, KAUFFMAN, SAYLOR, O'NEILL, CAUSER, MILLARD,
ENGLISH, KINSEY, WHEELAND, MURT, KNOWLES, MARSICO AND GROVE,
JANUARY 30, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 2018
AN ACT
Designating the bridge on State Route 641, also known as East
High Street, over the Letort Spring in Carlisle Borough,
Cumberland County, as the Lance Corporal Edward Rykoskey
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Lance Corporal Edward Rykoskey Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Lance Corporal Edward Rykoskey was born May 11,
1946, in Carlisle.
(2) Lance Corporal Rykoskey graduated from Carlisle Area
High School, after which he entered the United States Marine
Corps, where he served for two years.
(3) Lance Corporal Rykoskey was stationed in Quang Nam
province, South Vietnam, as part of C Company, 3rd
Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division (Rein), FMF.
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(4) On August 18, 1966, Lance Corporal Rykoskey was on
his way back from a reconnaissance patrol in the Da Nang area
when he was the first to see an undetermined number of Viet
Cong coming up a trail.
(5) Lance Corporal Rykoskey was aware that his movement
would alert the enemy of his position, but he unhesitatingly
turned to alert his fellow patrolmen of the impending danger.
(6) The Viet Cong fired upon Lance Corporal Rykoskey
with automatic weapons and he was killed. His fellow
patrolmen were able to return fire, break contact with the
Viet Cong force, who greatly outnumbered them, and return to
friendly territory.
(7) The remaining patrol members were able to provide
information to higher headquarters that allowed the launch of
a successful ground action against the enemy.
(8) Lance Corporal Rykoskey was awarded the Purple
Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam
Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign ribbon bar,
the Military Merit Medal, the Gallantry Cross with Palm, the
Vietnamese Decree and the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V"
in honor of his service to his country.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 641,
also known as East High Street, over the Letort Spring in
Carlisle Borough, Cumberland County, is designated the Lance
Corporal Edward Rykoskey 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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