PRINTER'S NO. 3533
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2863
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY SANKEY, COX, SONNEY, SMITH, JAMES, GILLEN,
HENNESSEY, STAATS, HILL-EVANS, MILLARD, BERNSTINE, CAUSER,
RYAN AND CONKLIN, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 11523, on that
portion of Pennsylvania Route 729 over Muddy Run, on the
border of Beccaria Township and Gulich Township, Clearfield
County, as the Technical Sergeant Arthur K. Stiles Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Technical Sergeant Arthur K. Stiles Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Arthur K. Stiles was born March 4, 1921.
(2) Technical Sergeant Stiles entered active duty in the
military on September 17, 1942, becoming a technical sergeant
and radio operator.
(3) Technical Sergeant Stiles was a member of the 561st
Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group.
(4) Technical Sergeant Stiles was a member of the crew
of a B-17 when the plane was shot down by enemy fire over
France on December 5, 1943.
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(5) Technical Sergeant Stiles was first deemed missing
in action, but later recorded as killed in action.
(6) Technical Sergeant Stiles is memorialized at the
Gettysburg National Cemetery.
(7) For his service and sacrifice, Technical Sergeant
Stiles received the Air Medal, Purple Heart, World War II
Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential
Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal and the European-
African-Middle Eastern Campaign commendations.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
11523, on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 729 over Muddy Run,
on the border of Beccaria Township and Gulich Township,
Clearfield County, is designated the Technical Sergeant Arthur
K. Stiles 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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