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A01632
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
532
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, APRIL 9, 2021
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 9, 2021
AN ACT
Designating the bridges, identified as Bridge Key 31419 and
Bridge Key 31420, on that portion of U.S. Route 219 over
State Route 601 in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, as
the Corporal Anthony G. Orlandi Memorial Bridge.; designating
the interchange of State Route 43, also known as the Mon-
Fayette Expressway, with U.S. Route 40, known as Exit 22, in
Redstone Township, Fayette County, as the PFC Joseph Frank
Duda Memorial Interchange KIA WWII U.S.M.C.; and designating
the interchange of U.S. Route 40 with State Route 4035, also
known as Market Street and Spring Street, in Brownsville,
Fayette County, as the Corporal Denny Ray Easter Memorial
Interchange KIA Vietnam War U.S. Army.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Corporal Anthony G. Orlandi Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Born October 1, 1928, Corporal Anthony G. Orlandi
served in the Korean War.
(2) Corporal Orlandi was a member of Company L, 3rd
Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
(3) On September 2, 1951, Corporal Orlandi was awarded
for gallantry in action near Kachilbong, North Korea.
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(4) On September 3, 1951, Corporal Orlandi was seriously
wounded by the enemy in Korea, later returning to duty on
October 11, 1951.
(5) On January 12, 1952, while conducting a combined
infantry and tank patrol just east of Hill 472, Corporal
Orlandi's L Company was engaged by an unknown number of enemy
troops, resulting in a firefight ensuing approximately four
hours.
(6) Corporal Orlandi sustained a gunshot wound to the
head and was reported Killed in Action on January 12, 1952.
His remains were not recovered.
(b) Designation.--The bridges, identified as Bridge Key
31419 and Bridge Key 31420, on that portion of U.S. Route 219
over State Route 601 in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, are
designated as the Corporal Anthony G. Orlandi Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridges to
traffic northbound and southbound on the bridges.
Section 2. PFC Joseph Frank Duda Memorial Interchange KIA WWII
U.S.M.C.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) PFC Joseph Frank Duda was born March 14, 1921, in
Lamberton, Fayette County.
(2) On January 26, 1942, PFC Duda enlisted as a Private
in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
(3) PFC Duda served during World War II as a member of
the First Battalion, Seventh Marines, Third Marine Brigade,
Fleet Marine Force aboard the USS Fuller.
(4) On April 10, 1942, PFC Duda was appointed Private
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First Class.
(5) On January 9, 1944, PFC Duda was killed in the line
of duty as the result of a gunshot wound received in action
at Cape Gloucester, New Britain.
(b) Designation.--The interchange of State Route 43, also
known as the Mon-Fayette Expressway, with U.S. Route 40, known
as Exit 22, in Redstone Township, Fayette County, is designated
as the PFC Joseph Frank Duda Memorial Interchange KIA WWII
U.S.M.C.
(c) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect
and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
interchange to traffic in both directions.
Section 3. Corporal Denny Ray Easter Memorial Interchange KIA
Vietnam War U.S. Army.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Corporal Denny Ray Easter was born August 28, 1950,
in Brownsville, Fayette County.
(2) On November 11, 1970, Corporal Easter joined the
United States Army and earned the rank of Corporal.
(3) Corporal Easter served during the Vietnam War as an
Infantryman with B Company, 5th Battalion, 198th Light
Infantry Brigade, 46th Infantry, with a specialty of Light
Weapons Infantry.
(4) On January 13, 1971, at the age of 20, Corporal
Easter was killed in the line of duty in Quang Tin province,
South Vietnam.
(b) Designation.--The interchange of U.S. Route 40 with
State Route 4035, also known as Market Street and Spring Street,
in Brownsville, Fayette County, is designated as the Corporal
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Denny Ray Easter Memorial Interchange KIA Vietnam War U.S. Army.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
interchange to traffic in both directions.
Section 4. Repeals.
Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the designations
under sections 2 and 3 of this act.
(2) Sections 12 and 13 of the act of July 1, 2020
(P.L.536, No.45), entitled "An act designating a portion of
Pennsylvania Route 183 from Segment 0040/Offset 2555 to
Segment 110/Offset 1180 in Berks County as the Trooper Wayne
C. Ebert Memorial Highway; designating a bridge on that
portion of S.R. 2087 over Inners Creek near Lake Redman, York
Township, York County, as the Corporal Michael Cohen Memorial
Bridge; designating a portion of State Route 50 in Mount
Pleasant Township, Washington County, as the Corporal Brady
Clement Paul Memorial Highway; designating the Morgan Road
Bridge over Interstate 79 in Cecil Township, Washington
County, as the Wreathes Across America Bridge; designating
the Interstate 70 Exit 17 in City of Washington, Washington
County, as the Sergeant Russell Crupe, Jr., Memorial Exit;
designating a bridge, identified by Bridge Key 7381, on that
portion of North Main Street over the East Branch Perkiomen
Creek, Sellersville Borough, Bucks County, as the
Sellersville Veterans Memorial Bridge; designating a portion
of Pennsylvania Route 39 in Dauphin County, from Dover Road
to Forest Hills Drive, as the Officer Mark Gaspich Memorial
Highway; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key
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11414, on U.S. Route 219 in Brady Township, Clearfield
County, as the Lance Corporal Robert Clyde Gontero Memorial
Bridge; designating a bridge, identified by Bridge Key 46789,
on that portion of State Route 3012 over Back Creek on the
border of Hamilton Township and St. Thomas Township, Franklin
County, as the Sergeant Melvin G. Ehrhart Memorial Bridge;
designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 8042 over
U.S. Route 40, West Brownsville Borough, Washington County,
as the SFC Thomas McDonough Memorial Bridge; designating the
bridge, identified as Bridge Key 53827, on that portion of
State Route 2003, also known as S. Porter Street, over the
South Fork Tenmile Creek in Waynesburg, Greene County, as the
Sheriff Brian A. Tennant Memorial Bridge; designating the
interchange of State Route 43, also known as the Mon-Fayette
Expressway, with U.S. Route 40, known as Exit 22, in Redstone
Township, Fayette County, as the PFC Joseph Frank Duda
Memorial Interchange; and designating the interchange of U.S.
Route 40 with State Route 4035, also known as Market Street
and Spring Street, in Brownsville, Fayette County, as the
Corporal Denny Ray Easter Memorial Interchange."
Section 2 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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