PRINTER'S NO. 190
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
228
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, FEBRUARY 5, 2019
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 5, 2019
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 553,
bridge ID 32055302000620, over Dutch Run in Pine Township,
Indiana County, as the Private Chancy Franklin Davis Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Private Chancy Franklin Davis Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Chancy Franklin Davis was born March 28, 1924, in
Alverda, Indiana County.
(2) Private Davis enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps in 1942.
(3) After basic training at Parris Island, North
Carolina, Private Davis served in the Pacific Ocean Theater
during World War II as a member of the 3rd Marine Division.
(4) On November 20, 1943, Private Davis was killed in
the Battle of Piva Forks while defending against a Japanese
counterattack toward recent American landings at Torakina Bay
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