PRINTER'S NO. 2833
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2017
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS, DiGIROLAMO, RYAN,
HICKERNELL, COX, KEEFER, MILLARD, SONNEY, SCHMITT, GREINER,
MURT, JOHNSON-HARRELL, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, PYLE, SAYLOR,
KINSEY, SAINATO, DUSH, STAATS, JOZWIAK, MOUL, BERNSTINE AND
SCHWEYER, OCTOBER 31, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 31, 2019
AN ACT
Designating the portion of State Route 3059 near its
intersection with Little Creek Road to the area immediately
before State Route 3059 intersects with Officer David D. Tome
Memorial Circle located on State Route 116 at Hanover Road
and Roth's Church Road in Spring Grove, York County, as
Corporal Earl H. Markle Memorial Road.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Corporal Earl H. Markle Memorial Road.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) In November of 1950, Corporal Earl H. Markle, age
19, formerly of Spring Grove Borough, York County, was killed
in action at the Battle of Unsan during the Korean War while
serving as an infantryman with the 1st Calvary Division of
the United States Army.
(2) Corporal Markle was born on October 8, 1931.
(3) Corporal Markle enlisted in the United States Army
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on May 13, 1949, at 17 years of age.
(4) Corporal Markle was awarded the Purple Heart for his
service and bravery.
(5) After the Battle of Unsan, Corporal Markle was
reported as missing by his unit.
(6) The United States Army could not account for
Corporal Markle after he was reported missing for a long
period of time.
(7) Consequently, the United States Army declared
Corporal Markle deceased on December 31, 1953.
(8) On July 27, 2018, as part of the negotiations
between President Donald J. Trump and North Korean Chairman
Kim Jong-un regarding North Korea's nuclear program, the
remains of Corporal Markle were returned to the United
States.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 3059 near its
intersection with Little Creek Road to the area immediately
before State Route 3059 intersects with Officer David D. Tome
Memorial Circle located on State Route 116 at Hanover Road and
Roth's Church Road in Spring Grove, York County, is designated
as Earl H. Markle Memorial Road.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the road to
traffic in both directions on the road.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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