PRINTER'S NO. 2895
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2014
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, MILLARD, GROVE, DONATUCCI, HICKERNELL,
D. COSTA, NEILSON, DUSH, SONNEY, PICKETT, READSHAW, WARD,
KINSEY, LONGIETTI, DRISCOLL, TALLMAN, BARBIN, BAKER,
DiGIROLAMO, BIZZARRO, O'NEILL, CALTAGIRONE, A. HARRIS, RYAN,
SAYLOR, MARSICO, CONKLIN, W. KELLER, BURNS, HILL-EVANS,
MARSHALL, MURT, WATSON, COX, BRADFORD, ROZZI, BENNINGHOFF,
JOZWIAK, SCHWEYER, GILLEN AND WHEELAND, JANUARY 22, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 22, 2018
AN ACT
Designating a bridge carrying State Route 4009 in York County
over the Conewago Creek as the Staff Sergeant Gary Crone
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Staff Sergeant Gary Crone Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Staff Sergeant Gary Crone was born on December 3,
1941, and was a lifelong resident of York County.
(2) Staff Sgt. Crone attended Northeastern High School
and enlisted into the armed forces in October 1959.
(3) Staff Sgt. Crone, age 27, formerly of Zions View in
York County, was killed in action on January 29, 1968, during
an enemy ambush while on patrol near Hill 471 around Khe
Sanh, Vietnam, while serving as a member of the 5th Special
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Forces Group with the United States Army in Vietnam.
(4) Staff Sgt. Crone was one day away from completing
his second tour of duty in Vietnam at the time of his death.
(5) Staff Sgt. Crone received the Silver Star, Bronze
Star and two Purple Heart Medals for his service as a member
of the armed forces during the Vietnam War.
(6) Staff Sgt. Crone was survived by his parents, Ralph
and Ruth Crone, and his siblings, Geraldine and Richard
Crone.
(b) Designation.--The bridge carrying State Route 4009 in
York County over the Conewago Creek is hereby designated as the
Staff Sergeant Gary Crone 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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