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PRINTER'S NO. 1099
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
837
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WARD, RESCHENTHALER, DINNIMAN, YUDICHAK,
BARTOLOTTA AND VULAKOVICH, JULY 31, 2017
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JULY 31, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 981 in Smithton Borough and
South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, as the
Specialist 4 William J. Kolenc Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Specialist 4 William J. Kolenc Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Specialist 4 William J. Kolenc was born and raised
in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County.
(2) Specialist 4 William J. Kolenc was drafted into the
United States Army and served in Vietnam with the 1st
Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, B Company.
(3) Specialist 4 William J. Kolenc was killed March 7,
1969, in the Binh Duong province of South Vietnam, at 21
years of age from wounds he sustained from hostile fire while
leading his platoon against enemy forces as a light weapons
infantry specialist.
(4) For his courageous service, Specialist 4 William J.
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Kolenc was posthumously awarded the following honors: the
National Defense Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge,
the Purple Heart, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Vietnam
Service Medal.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 981 in
Westmoreland County from Fort Street, Smithton Borough, to Dutch
Hollow Road, South Huntingdon Township, is hereby designated the
Specialist 4 William J. Kolenc Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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