PRINTER'S NO. 2805
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2000
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MURT, OCTOBER 29, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 29, 2019
AN ACT
Designating the portion of County Line Road between Warminster
Road and Newtown Road in Montgomery County as the Captain
William J. Ahlum Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Captain William J. Ahlum Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) On March 23, 1969, Captain William John Ahlum of
Hatboro was killed in Vietnam.
(2) Cpt. Ahlum served in the Army and was a commissioned
officer through The Pennsylvania Military College, now
Widener University, in Chester, Pennsylvania.
(3) Captain Ahlum was in Vietnam for only a few weeks
when he was killed in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam.
(4) At the time of his death, Cpt. Ahlum was serving in
the 1st Logistical Command, 184th Ordnance Battalion.
(5) Cpt. Ahlum was the recipient of the Purple Heart,
National Defense Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam
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Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Vietnam Gallantry
Cross Unit Citation and Good Conduct Medal.
(b) Designation.--The portion of County Line Road between
Warminster Road and Newtown Road in Montgomery County is
designated as the Captain William J. Ahlum 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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