PRINTER'S NO. 1520
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1366
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SMITH, MARSHALL, KINSEY, KAUFFMAN, STAATS,
KEPHART, CAUSER, NEILSON, ARMANINI, STRUZZI AND GILLEN,
JUNE 12, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 12, 2023
AN ACT
Designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 310 between Knox
Dale Road, also known as State Route 2023, and Ash Street in
McCalmont Township, Jefferson County, as the Lance Cpl.
Bernard Himes Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Lance Cpl. Bernard Himes Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Bernard Malcolm Himes was born November 25, 1949, in
Anita, Jefferson County.
(2) Mr. Himes was a student at Punxsutawney Area High
School. At the time of his graduation, he was 17 years of
age, which was too young to join the military without
parental consent. He presented his parents with the
documentation needed to enlist in the United States Marine
Corps and they signed.
(3) Mr. Himes was a member of I Company, 3rd Battalion,
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27th Marines, 1st Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary
Force.
(4) Upon Mr. Himes' promotion to Lance Corporal, he was
deployed to Vietnam.
(5) On May 17, 1968, almost one year after his high
school graduation, Lance Corporal Himes was killed in action
on Go Noi Island in South Vietnam.
(6) For his valiant service, Lance Corporal Himes'
parents, Reed and Phyllis Himes, were presented with his
Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National
Defense Service Medal, Gallantry Cross with Palm, Military
Merit Medal and Purple Heart.
(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 310
between Knox Dale Road, also known as State Route 2023, and Ash
Street in McCalmont Township, Jefferson County, is designated
the Lance Cpl. Bernard Himes 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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