PRINTER'S NO. 85
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
117
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, JANUARY 25, 2019
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 25, 2019
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 3016
(Bedford Street) over Solomon Run in the City of Johnstown,
Cambria County, as the Seaman Apprentice Kenneth D. Scaife
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Seaman Apprentice Kenneth D. Scaife Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Seaman Apprentice (SA) Kenneth D. Scaife was born
August 6, 1953, and was a native of Johnstown. He attended
Johnstown High School.
(2) SA Scaife served in the United States Navy aboard
the USS William C. Lawe, DD-763, 7th Fleet, as a machine
gunner.
(3) SA Scaife was assigned to Vietnam and served nearly
two years before his death.
(4) SA Scaife was declared Missing in Action
(MIA)/Killed in Action (KIA) after being lost at sea off the
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coast of South Vietnam while his vessel was providing gunfire
support on January 3, 1973.
(5) Despite a complete search of the ship, the ship's
route and the coast, SA Scaife's body was never recovered.
(6) For his service and ultimate sacrifice, SA Scaife
was awarded the National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service Medal
and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.
(7) SA Scaife is honored on Panel 1W, Line 108, of the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 3016
(Bedford Street) over Solomon Run in the City of Johnstown,
Cambria County, is hereby designated the Seaman Apprentice
Kenneth D. Scaife 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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