1Renaming the West Chestnut Street Bridge in Coudersport Borough,
2Potter County, as the Private Edwin Tubbs Memorial Bridge;
3and renaming the State Route 872 Bridge near Coudersport
4Borough/Eulalia Township Border, Potter County, as the
5Specialist Donald Stiles Memorial Bridge.

6The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7hereby enacts as follows:

8Section 1. Private Edwin Tubbs Memorial Bridge.

9(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares that:

10(1) Private Edwin Franklin Tubbs left Coudersport High
11School in August of 1967 and entered into the United States
12Army.

13(2) Private Tubbs deployed to Vietnam with D Company,
14Sixth Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, Ninth Infantry
15Division on December 4, 1968, and was stationed at Dinh
16Tuong, South Vietnam.

17(3) On January 12, 1969, Private Tubbs was fatally
18wounded as he set down his rifle to assist a fellow soldier
19who was injured on the battlefield.

20(4) During his service in the United States Army Private

1Tubbs received the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart.

2(b) Change of name.--The bridge in Coudersport Borough,
3Potter County, known as the West Chestnut Street Bridge is
4hereby renamed the Private Edwin Tubbs Memorial Bridge.

5(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
6maintain appropriate signs displaying the changed name of the
7bridge to traffic in both directions on the bridge.

8Section 2. Specialist Donald Stiles Memorial Bridge.

9(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares that:

10(1) Specialist Donald Stiles enlisted in the United
11States Army at 17 years of age.

12(2) Specialist Stiles was deployed to Vietnam as an
13atomic demolition munitions specialist, with A Battery, First
14Battalion, Seventh Artillery, First Infantry Division.

15(3) On April 2, 1968, Specialist Stiles was killed in
16action in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, after taking a
17fellow soldier's place on a mission and being hit by bomb
18fragments from a land mine.

19(b) Change of name.--The State Route 872 Bridge near
20Coudersport Borough/Eulalia Township Border, Potter County, is
21hereby renamed the Specialist Donald Stiles Memorial Bridge.

22(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and 
23maintain appropriate signs displaying the changed name of the 
24bridge to traffic in both directions on the bridge.

25Section 3. Effective date.

26This act shall take effect in 60 days.