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PRINTER'S NO. 192
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
231
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, FEBRUARY 5, 2019
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 5, 2019
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of U.S. Route 422 over
Yellow Creek, Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, as the PFC
Ralph E. Dias Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. PFC Ralph E. Dias Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) PFC Ralph E. Dias of Shelocta served in the United
States Marine Corps Company D, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines,
1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force in Vietnam.
(2) On November 12, 1969, PFC Dias, 19 years of age, was
killed in combat in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam.
(3) PFC Dias was awarded the Medal of Honor, the Purple
Heart, the Combat Action Badge, the Meritorious Unit
Commendation with one bronze star, the National Defense
Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze
stars, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Commendation
with palm and frame, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit
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Commendation with palm and frame and the Republic of Vietnam
Campaign Medal with device.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on U.S. Route 422 over
Yellow Creek, Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, is designated
the PFC Ralph E. Dias 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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